The Weight of the Light

The Weight of the Light is an early-stage Research & Development performance project by Joe Kiney Whitmore combining visual art, writing, poetry, monologue and painting. The piece explores themes of masculinity, mental health, addiction & recovery and spirituality, and uses performance as the primary carrier of narrative, presence and emotional truth.

Joe Kiney Whitmore is a full-time visual artist and writer, whose work explores identity, mental health, addiction, recovery and spirituality.

Writing, journalling and, most recently, performance poetry are integral to his work, extending painting into live and text-based forms.

Across painting, writing and performance, his practice operates within a shared conceptual framework rooted in lived experience, reflection and embodied expression.

Coming from a traditional realist background and largely self-taught, his work is deeply informed by the history of figurative painting, which he approaches as a living lineage.

His recent large-scale paintings translate the raw, intuitive energy of his private sketchbooks into expansive figurative canvases.

Dramaturg: Dave Viney
Producer: Martin Green

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Pier 4, 184-182 Wallgate, Wigan, United Kingdom

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