Clare Qualmann Explained

Clare Qualmann is a British multi-media performance artist based in London, UK. She is a senior lecturer in performing arts at the University of East London^[1] and also teaches at London Metropolitan University.^[2]

Career

Qualmann's work uses a range of participatory methods to explore the routines and narratives of everyday life.^{[3] [4]} A large body of her work focuses on the practice of walking as a way to interrogate the familiarity of place^[5] and has been described as “a kind of anti-dérive”.

Qualmann is a member of walkwalkwalk with Gail Burton and Serena Korda, who practice "'an archaeology of the familiar and forgotten," organising public walks through familiar places deemed marginal or overlooked.^[6]

As a solo artist Qualmann has further developed her walking practice. Qualmann is a founding member of the international Walking Artists Network, created in 2007.^[7] Through the network Qualmann has organised numerous walking research events and exhibitions, including the Step by Step seminar series at the University of East London, the footwork research group,^[8] and Where To? Towards the Future Steps of Walking at Falmouth University with Misha Myers.^[9]

Selected exhibitions

• Collect Transform Repeat (2007) Michael West Gallery, Isle of Wight^[10]
• Spinning Stories (2008), with Emily Butterworth and The Woman’s Library^[11]
  • on the role of, and places associated, with laundry in women’s lives.^[12]
• Untitled (Pencil on cotton handkerchief) (2009), Flash Company, Cecil Sharp House, London^[13]
• Perambulator (2014), Deveron Arts Walking Institute, Huntly^[14]
• East End Jam (2015), Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London Legacy Development Corporation^[15]
• Chinese Whispers (2015), part of Exeter University’s Gossip and Nonsense.^[16]

With walk walk walk

• Chip Shop Tour of E8 (2007), E8- The Heart of Hackney, Transition Gallery, London^[17]
• Nightwalks (2008), Stories from the Exeter Archive^{[6] [18]}
• walk walk walk (2013), Walk On: 40 Years of Walking, Pitshangar Manor Gallery, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, mac Birmingham, Plymouth City Museum and Gallery^[19]
• walk walk walk: stories from the Bethnal Green archive (2010), a permanent installation in the Bethnal Green Old Town Hall.

Selected publications

• Clare Qualmann and Claire Hind (eds.) (2015) Ways to Wander. Axminster: Triarchy.
• Gail Burton, Serena Korda, and Clare Qualmann (2009) Walkwalkwalk: Stories from the Exeter Archive. London: Site Projects.
• Elizabeth LeMoine, Clare Qualmann and Susan Skingle (2006) Collect Transform Repeat. London: Site Projects.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ms Clare Qualmann - UEL - University of East London. www.uel.ac.uk. 2016-07-06.
2. Web site: Clare Qualmann. London Metropolitan University. London Metropolitan University. 2016-07-06.
3. Web site: WALKING WOMEN - Events - Live Art Development Agency. Live Art Development Agency. 2016-07-05.
4. Web site: About Clare Qualmann. Triarchy Press. 2016-07-05.
5. Book: Heddon, Deirdre. Histories and Practices of Live Art. Klein. Jennie. Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. 978-0-230-22973-0. Houndsmill, Hampshire, UK. 92.
6. Heddon. Deirdre (Dee). Turner. Cathy. 2010-12-01. Walking Women: Interviews with artists on the move. Performance Research. 15. 4. 14–22. 10.1080/13528165.2010.539873. 1352-8165.
7. Web site: Footwork – The Walking Artists Network as Mobile Community, Gateway to Research, RCUK Research Project Funding Abstract. RCUK. gtr.rcuk.ac.uk. 2016-07-05.
8. Web site: footwork. footwork. en-US. 2016-07-06.
9. Web site: Where to? Steps Towards the Future of Walking Arts Symposium Falmouth - No 1 Arts University. www.falmouth.ac.uk. 2016-07-06.
10. Book: LeMoine, Elizabeth. Collect Transform Repeat. Qualmann. Clare. Skingle. Susan. 2006-10-27. Site Projects. 9780955437908. London. English.
11. Web site: From washhouse to art house – reinventing the humble launderette. Khaleeli. Homa. 2016-03-08. The Guardian. 2016-07-05.
12. Web site: My beautiful launderette. New Statesmen. 2016-07-06.
13. Web site: Flash Company. 2016-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807043738/http://www.cecilsharphouse.org/csh-exhibitions/past-exhibitions/1295-csh-flashcompany. 2016-08-07. dead.
14. Web site: Clare Qualmann: Perambulator. Deveron Arts. 2016-07-05.
15. Web site: Breaking the Bounds: Walking London and Beyond (on the radio) Fievent.com. Fievent.com. Fievent.com. en. 2016-07-06.
16. Web site: Gossip and Nonsense Clare Qualmann. gossipandnonsense.exeter.ac.uk. 2016-07-05.
17. Web site: E8 - The Heart of Hackney. www.transitiongallery.co.uk. 2016-07-06.
18. Book: Burton, Gail. Walkwalkwalk: Stories from the Exeter Archive. Korda. Serena. Qualmann. Clare. 2009-07-10. Site Projects. 9780955437946.
19. Book: Morrison-Bell, Cynthia. Walk On. From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff - 40 Years of Art Walking. Collier. Mike. Ingold. Tim. Robinson. Alistair. Art Editions North. 2013. 978-1-906-832-08-7. University of Sunderland. 116.