Made In Earnest

The 2013 edition of SPILL Festival of Performance is in April and has been ‘curated around notions of contact and explores issues of connection, exchange and advocacy. In the mix are uncompromising performances, radical live events, participatory interventions, installation, film and discussions’. The Festival is taking place at a range of venues across London including [...]

Tonight is the launch night for the latest SPILL Festival of Performance. This year, for the first time, it takes place in Ipswich and I’d be lying if I didn’t say it feels good to see the SPILL branding emblazoned across Ipswich Town Hall. SPILL will now alternative between Ipswich and London, or at least [...]

I’ve been lucky with my clients and have, for the past few years at least, always had work to do at the start of January thanks largely to the publication schedule of Historic House magazine. However, 2012 is starting with what seems like an extra dose of incoming and ongoing work. Not sure if this [...]

As the 2011 SPILL Festival has just finished this seems like an appropriate time to post about SPILL: On Agency, a book of writing, thinking and conversation on and around the SPILL Festival of Performance which I designed last year. The book (114 pages of 185mm x 235mm), edited by Robert Pacitti and Sheila Ghelani, [...]

At the moment we are, not surprisingly, in the process of getting ready for the festivities but work hasn’t stopped just yet and the initial designs for the SPILL Festival of Performance 2011 brochure are coming together nicely. With that in mind comes another job we have done for Pacitti Company – the design and production [...]

For those that don’t know, SPILL Festival of Performance is the UK’s premiere artist-led biennale of experimental theatre and live art which began in 2007 and takes place in a variety of venues across London. The festival is produced by Pacitti Company, the Artistic Director is Robert Pacitti and Made In Earnest are responsible for the identity [...]