The John Hansard Gallery's latest exhibition Mel Brimfield: Death and Dumb opened in September and you can see it up until 2 November 2013.

Brimfield’s work takes a skewed and humorous look at the history of performance art. Through a series of films and installations, the artist invents characters and histories that playfully associate performance art with significant cultural developments over the last 100 years. The exhibition is scattered with influences from classic British comedy to the work of legendary dramatists Alan Bennett and Samuel Beckett.

An Artist Talk is taking place on 11 October at the gallery, 6 - 7pm. Brimfield will discuss how the project came to light, as well as referencing her performance work An Audience with Willy Little, another newly commissioned piece of artSOUTH:collaborations. Booking is essential. More information here.

artSOUTH:collaborations is an ambitious contemporary visual art project, presenting newly commissioned artworks in diverse locations across central southern England from 7 September to 1 December 2013.