‘leave me behind’ | live

'leave me behind' premiered at The Place Theatre, Resolution Festival 19
2019
 
 
Creation, Music, Direction
illyr 
Creative Consultant, Research Assistant
Dominic Osbourne
 
 
Cast
illyr
 
James Browne
 
Magnus Tait Westwell
 
Max Cookward 
 
Oscar Li
 
 
 
‘leave me behind’ is a pseudo-documentation about the manifestation of illyr’s id in the wake of their grandfather’s death. The work is a live music and the dance- theatre piece that deals with queer identity, the commodification of marginalised body and trauma. It is set to a backdrop of original sung and composed music, hospital recordings and archival footage.
 
Documented by
The Place
 
Image
Hugo de la Rosa
Zine
‘LETTER TO X’ - illyr, handmade programme for the audience

‘leave me behind’ | film

concept, direction, music
illyr
script
illyr and James Browne
d.o.p
Luke Dryden
lighting
Idris Rhys
handheld camera
Dominic Osbourne
producer
Rosie Woods
styling
Anne Holm Peterson
art department
Sophie Cundale
grooming
Danni Spooner
 Zine
‘LETTER TO X’ - illyr, handmade programme for the audience
cast
illyr
 
Eve Stainson
 
James Browne
Hugo De La Rosa
 
Magnus Tait Westwell
 
Patricia Garratt
 
Fiona Garatt
 
Dominic Osbourne
 
Danni Spooner

Dragon T

film Carparks and Changing Rooms - by illyr shown at Dragon T, Ugly Duck
2020
 
 
performances
illyr 
 
Oliver Coates x Leah Walker
 
Jacob Samuel 
 
Pierre & Baby
 
Sakeema
 
 
 installations
illyr 
 
Lewis Walker
 
Holly Blakey x HrH x Gray Wielebinski
 
Jacob Samuel 
 
Manon Malan
 
The Place
 
Rubee Patricia
 
 
Dragon T was created by Lewis and illyr and started as a fundraising art and performance project at the Ugly Duck in Bermondsey in January 2020. Over three days they raised £1,900 for the charities Stonewall Housing and The Outside Project.

[SCROLLING SUBCONSCIOUS] | live

[SCROLLING SUBCONSCIOUS] is the debut EP from illyr. This EP launch and performance was hosted by Dazed and NTS Radio at Mangle
2017
 
 
performers
illyr 
 
Connor Scott
 
Jacob O'Conell 
 
Ed Arnold
 
Mat Prichard
 
 
 drums
idntmttr 
 violin
Georgia
 camera
NTS Visual Team
 film camera
James Cooper 
 projections
Remember You Were Made To Be Used
 clothing
Cottweiler + Marta Jakubowski
 styling
Sonny Tassel
part 1.
https://youtu.be/Bo5u8XNqHiw
part 2.
https://youtu.be/WfSEaX6NqBk
image
Paul Phung

Rambert Playground x Jacob Samuel

illyr Hosted a Rambert Studios Playground session with artist and musician Jacob Samuel
2019
 
After working on a short film together for Random Acts this is an ongoing collaboration between illyr and Jacob that explores three movements: silence, discordance and harmony, Jacob builds the sound pieces with the voice and bodies of our performers.
documented by
Celine Fortenbacher
 
 
 
Jacob Samuel is a Somerset House Resident Artist who’s multi-disciplinary work focuses on the formal qualities of expression, communication and identity pre and post mechanic affectation.

i.chokehold [SS]

film made in collaboration with
Remember You Were Made To Be Used
music
illyr 
featuring
Solomon Berrio-Allen
 
 
press 
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/19078-illyr-i-chokehold/
 
 
 
2017

prelude | live

Exhibition made in collaboration with
REMEMBER YOU WERE MADE TO BE USED
supported by
Ditto
video footage 
Remember You Were Made To Be Used, James Cooper and audience members
 
 
performance 
illyr
Connor Scott
 
 
Ditto hosted a multi-media installation by artist / choreographer illyr and film and image maker Remember You Were Made To Be Used. The centre of the exhibition was a screening of their video prelude, documentation of their collaboration and a live performance by illyr.
press
http://www.ditto-london.com/remember-you-were-made-to-be-used
 
 
image
Paul Phung
2016

prelude [SS]

film made in collaboration with
REMEMBER YOU WERE MADE TO BE USED
music
illyr 
press
https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/33044/1/illyr-prelude-video-interview
2017

'foryou'

‘for you’ music commission for BBC1, Young Dancer Grand Final
2017
music
illyr 
guest performance
Connor Scott