Programme_Paul Rooney | Lucy Over Lancashire
On a red vinyl 12 inch record, amidst music influenced by dub reggae and Lancastrian post-punk, a sprite called Lucy endlessly repeats stories about Lancashire she has been told by the evil and shadowy figure of ‘Alan’. She cheerfully relates, partly in Lancashire dialect, many twisted tales about the pivotal role that the English county of Lancashire has played in the plans of Satan.
Sound work, 16 minutes, originally released as the ‘B’ side of a 45rpm 12” red vinyl record. The 'A' side of the record was blank. Released by Sue Mi Records, Berlin. SueMi 15. 2006-2007.
Artist Paul Rooney was born in Liverpool in 1967, and trained at Edinburgh College of Art. Paul’s practice focused from 1997 to 2000 on the music of the ‘Rooney’ CD’s and performances. Rooney achieved an appearance in John Peel’s Festive Fifty in 1998, and a ‘Peel session’ in 1999. Paul now primarily works with text, sound and video, focusing on the ‘voices’ of semi-fictional individuals, and using or referencing narrative forms such as short stories, songs, audio guides and sermons.
Paul has had residencies at Dundee Contemporary Arts/University of Dundee VRC; Proyecto Batiscafo, Cuba; Tate Liverpool (MOMART Fellowship) and was the ACE Oxford-Melbourne Artist Fellow for 2004. Paul has shown recently in group projects at Tate Britain, London; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Kunst-Werke, Berlin; the Shanghai Biennial; Tate Liverpool; and in British Art Show 6 which toured around the UK in 2005-2006. Paul has had solo shows at Matt’s Gallery, London, and Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, in 2008.
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