Jo Bannon

Jo Bannon is a UK artist making live art and performance. She has presented work in the UK, Europe, South America, USA, China and Australia. She also works as a dramaturg and is a founder member of artist collective Residence.

Jo’s work is concerned with identity, sensory perception, and human encounter and explores how our physical bodies experience the world around us and how this sensory experience can or cannot be conveyed. Her work attempts to unpick the ways we look, hear and sense our immediate environment in order to rethink or make unfamiliar these intrinsic human behaviors. Bannon’s performances often manifests as intimate encounters designed for single or small audiences alongside staged theatre work and installations.

Jo toured her ensemble performance We Are F*cked in 2018 and is now working on new project BLIND MAGIC; a triptych of artworks exploring the performativity of visual impairment. A film Passing, an installation Sleight of Hand and live performance The Dirty Work.