Nigel Rolfe is an artist based in Dublin, and a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art. He has been making performances and video art for over 30 years and in 1977 he was part of a group of international artists invited to take part in the Eisteddfod in Wrexham as part of the Welsh Art Council's programme
How the Past Perishes, How the Future Becomes/ Fel y darfuÕr gorffennol - fel y del y dyfodol. Nigel created a piece called Towers that elicited a somewhat hostile reaction from some quarters of the press. He was later invited to re-perform the work at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff by the curator, David Briars.
Heike met with Nigel to discuss his work and his memories of the Eisteddfod, and of the performance scene at this time. For more information about Nigel's work, click on the heading to this blog entry. Further information can be found on our website - http://www.performance-wales-org/
Nigel Rolfe is an artist based in Dublin, and a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art. He has been making performances and video art for over 30 years and in 1977 he was part of a group of international artists invited to take part in the Eisteddfod in Wrexham as part of the Welsh Art Council's programme How the Past Perishes, How the Future Becomes/ Fel y darfuÕr gorffennol - fel y del y dyfodol. Nigel created a piece called Towers that elicited a somewhat hostile reaction from some quarters of the press. He was later invited to re-perform the work at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff by the curator, David Briars. 
