University of British Columbia, 21 July 2022 In the next ten minutes. I want to talk to you about our performance installation Of All The People In All The World, […]
Text from a talk given at TEDx Bonn: 17 November 2018.Commissioned by SAVE THE WORLDat Telekom Design Gallery When you grow up on a small island you keep bumping into […]
On 8th November we hosted an Open Space ‘un-conference’ at mac birmingham. Approximately 50 people attended over the event’s three hour span and we were fortunate to be led in […]
Presented at Selfridges’ Festival of Imagination in association with The BIAD Center for Fine Art Research (CFAR) Imagine this structure isn’t in a shop but is outside in the dark […]
A brief paper written for Birmingham Conservatoire’s festival celebrating the work of Heiner Goebbels. I have been asked to speak for between 5 – 10 minutes. I’m aiming for seven […]
A brief presentation given at the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of a panel discussion chaired by and featuring Tim Crouch and Oily Cart.. This being recorded isn’t great, normally […]
Ideas Lab: Architecture and Design A paper commissioned by Brightspace and presented to artists, teachers and creative agents 25th November, 2009 I’ve taken the notion of the ideas lab fairly […]
This talk was commissioned as part of Mayfest by Theatre Bristol. It was presented to an audience of theatre makers.The text here was embellished to rococo extreme with ‘amusing’ anecdotes […]
Coventry University’s Centre for Media, Art and Performance commissioned a talk about Stan’s Cafe and the place of politics in its work. This is the text from which that talk […]
This is a somewhat improved version of a talk given by James Yarker to 3rd Year students at Coventry University on 22nd October, 2007. Which has subsequently been updated to […]
Transcript of Paper given by James for TBA Festival, Portland, Oregon on 8th August 2006 First up I’m English, so I have to apologize. I’m sorry for having to apologize […]
A paper commissioned by Fierce Earth and presented to artists and producers on a residential course targeted at helping them work abroad. At Lancaster University I was incredibly impressed by […]
Talk given at The REP, Birmingham for It Ain’s Rocket Science. 3rd November 2005 Back in the beginning we called ourselves an experimental theatre company. Experimental seemed like a good […]
Notes from a lecture given by James to students at Exeter University on October 25th 2004. Hello I’m James Yarker, director of Stan’s Cafe, which is a theatre company. I’ve […]
A paper given to Students at De Montfort University, Leicester.> Introduction. I’ve filled this slot for three years now and, being rather busy, I was hoping to trotout the same […]
Transcript of a paper given by to the New Work Network at Brunel University, Uxbridge 28 February, 2001 and rhen re-presented in an amended form at the University of Wales: […]
A paper given by James at The New Work Network’s conference The Chemistry Experiment Arnolfini, Bristol 10th February 2001Thank you for coming. We’re very pleased to see you all. You’re […]
This is the framework of a professional development session for artists led by James for the New Work Network at Hoxton Hall, London 8th September 2001 And reprised with added […]
A series of cross-art form discussions produced by Stan’s Cafe for Forward, Britain’s largest festival of new art. Four mixed panels of artists, critics and academics come together in front […]
A paper given to Students at De Montfort University, Leicester Theatre is indestructible, it will out. When the floods rise, when no one can go outside, when the electricity’s cut, […]
Paper for New Work Network Documentation Conference March 2000 This [a spiral bound artists pad] is currently my favourite piece of documentation. Good and True is our new touring […]
