TF FAMILY



Our TF Family includes everyone who has appeared at Tempting Failure, from artists to panel speakers.
Here you can find a list of everyone who has contributed to our events since our first festival in 2012.




TF2018

ARTISTS


Aleks Slota, Amy Kingsmill, ANERHLOD - LEIBNIZ, Angela Bartram, Arianna Ferrari, Adam York Gregory & Gillian Jane Lees, Ashley-Louise McNaughton, COLDSORE (GRM), Dale Cornish, Daniel Oliver and Frauke Requardt, DARC, dave philips, Erika Bülle, Francesca Fini, Heather Sincavage, Heidi Edström [ingentinget], Hermann Nitsch, Hollie Miller with Craig Scott, Jeffery Byrd, Joseph Morgan-Schofield, Joseph Ravens, Kajoli Llojak, Kieran Wakeman, KUBOV, Leif Elggren, Lena Chen, Lizzie Masterton, Lori Baldwin, luxul, Manson X, Marie Ségolène C.B, Mehmet Sander, Mother Disorder, Mowgli and the Slate Pipe Banjo Players, Nathaniel Wyrick, Natalie Ramus, Niko Raes, Orinta Pranaityte, Pablo Pakula, Penelope Koliopoulou, Peter Baren, Richard James Hall, Rita Marcalo (Instant Dissidence), River Lin, Robin Bale, Rocio Boliver, The Palimpsisters featuring Professor Tim Lang, Sarah Davis, Sarah Glass, Sebastian H-W, Selina Bonelli, Shawn Escarciga, Thomas and Devaki Music, Uninvited Guests with Oh! The Guilt, Weeks and Whitford, Yoga in Black, Yol and CH.

MENTORING SCHEME


Mentors: Helena Goldwater, Jamal Harewood, Lea Cummings, Rhiannon Armstrong, Rosana Cade.
Mentees: James Johnson, Moa Johansson, Natalie Wearden, Nicole Murmann, Peter Eason Daniels.

SPEAKERS AND WORKSHOPS


Alice Holland, Andrew Ellerby (Arts Council England), Cecilia Wee (Artsadmin), Clara Giraud (Unlimited), Jo Verrent (Unlimited) Joseph Ravens, Dr Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, luxul, Mother Disorder, Robin Bale.

MASTERCLASSES


Adam York Gregory & Gillian Jane Lees, Anne Bean, Katherine Araniello, Kira O’Reilly, Mehmet Sander.




TF2016

ARTISTS


FK Alexander, Rhiannon Armstrong, Marina Barsy Janer & Isil Sol Vil, Anne Bean with Alex Brenchley, Dominika Uscinska, Robyn Bale, Lucy Hutson and Richard Green, Philip Bedwell, Johannes Bergmark, Selina Bonelli, Johanna Bramli, Tim Bromage, Rosana Cade with Will Dickie, Hywel T Cardew, Chelsea Coon, Daniel Nicolae Djamo, Rudolf Eb.er, Ernst Fischer, Louis Fleischauer, Sue Fox, Helena Goldwater, Grimalkin 555 (Sarah Glass), Kamil Guenatri, Sebastian Hau-Walker, Clive Henry & YOL, Richard Herring, Robert Hesp, Nicola Hunter, Gillian Jane Lees & Adam York Gregory, Emma Lloyd, Alanna Lynch, Rita Marcalo (Instant Dissidence), Hollie Miller, Kylie Minoise, Esther Neff, Vela Oma, Jonathan Polkest, Alicia Radage,  Natalie Ramus, Natalie Raven & Dagmar Schwitzgebel, Malik Nashad Sharpe, Amy Sharrocks, Xavier de Sousa, Francesca Steele, Nathaniel Wyrick, Wajid Yaseen & Anthony Elliot, Zierle and Carter.

MENTORING SCHEME


Mentors: Manuel Vason, Poppy Jackson, Clive Henry, AMINAL, Ernst Fischer.
Mentees: Jin Bells, Daniel Holmes, Becky O'Brien, James Shearman, Robbie Watts.

SPEAKERS


Rhiannon Armstrong, Thomas John Bacon, Anne Bean, Rosana Cade, Andrew Ellerby, Ernst Fischer, Clara Giraud, Kamil Guenatri, Lois Keidan, Gillian Jane Lees & Adam York Gregory, Esther Neff, Francesca Steele, Helena Sands.

MASTERCLASSES


tjb, Zierle and Carter, Helena Goldwater, Manuel Vason.




SILENT NOISE DIVE 2015

ARTISTS


FK Alexander, tjb, Yiota Demetriou, Ernst Fischer, Clive Henry, Kelly Marie Miller, Mary Pearson, Queenie, Helena Sands, Helen Spackman, Allan Taylor, temp0rary, Yol.




TF2014

ARTISTS


FK Alexander with Sarah Glass, AMINAL, tjb with Lee Chaos, Conor Baird, Katy Baird, Barberette, Gertjan Biasino, Bilwa & Jasmin Schaitl, Hellen Burrough & Phil Bedwell, Ana Cavic, Chelsea Coon, Hancock & Kelly, Robert Hardaker, Clive Henry vs. Yol, Lan Hungh, Alice Kemp, Joke Lanz, LADA Study Cafe, Gillian Jane Lees & Adam York Gregory, Dan Cooper’s Party Levitation, Jenny Lynn, Tom Marshman, Hannah Millest, Charlie Murphy, NW, Rachel Parry, Christian Patracchini, Mary Pearson, Tom Pope, Jonathan Rogerson, Kali Rose, Helena Sands, Matthew Sergeant & Emma Lloyd, Will Slater, Synthetic Life Group, Queenie Tea, VestAndPage.

MENTORING SCHEME


Mentors: tjb, Helena Sands, Allan Taylor, Lee Chaos.
Mentees: Laura Aish, James George, Finn Evans, Dilly Evans-Smith, Alethea Raban.

SPEAKERS


FK Alexander, tjb, Conor Baird, Katy Baird, Sally Boon, Hellen Burrough, Hannah Clark (Bristol Biennial), Dr. Paul Clarke (University of Bristol, Uninvited Guests), Chelsea Coon, Simon Day (Theatre Bristol, BE Festival, & Plasticine Men), Cara Davies (University of Bristol), Lyn Gardner (The Guardian), Tania Harrison (Latitude Festival), Kerry Irvine (ScenePool, Bath Spa University), Deirdre McLaughlin (CSSD), Hannah Millest, Charlie Murphy, Rachel Parry (Little Wolf Parade), Mary Pearson, Kali Rose, Will Slater, Synthetic Life Group, Aaron Wright (LADA), Adam Young (Indivisible & LAB), Joseph Young (a-n Artist's Information Company).    

MASTERCLASSES


VestAndPage, Joke Lanz, Helena Sands.




TF2013

ARTISTS


Dani Albuhawa, Phillip Bedwell, Lydia Brain (aka Cohen), Tom Bresolin, Hellen Burrough, Jeffery Byrd, Vera Chok, Collective Unconscious, Yiota Demetriou, Angela Edwards, Kimberley Emeny, Rachel Fox, Becki Griffiths, Liam Herne, Alice Kemp, Leibniz: Ernst Fischer & Helen Spackman, Andie Macario, Ian Maslen, Paul Matosic, Hannah Millest, Thomas Newton, New Noveta, NW, Julieann O’Malley, Rachel Parry, Tom Pope, Queenie, Jess Rose, Laura Rosemary Murphy, Bioni Samp, Helena Sands, Jas Singh, Will Slater, Kate Spence, SSoCiaL, Allan Taylor, temp0rary, Juli Watson, Adam Young.

SPEAKERS


Dani Abulhawa, T. J. Bacon, Phillip Bedwell, Tom Bresolin, Lee Chaos, Yiota Demetriou, Ernst Fischer, NW, Rachel Parry, Bioni Samp, Helena Sands, Helen Spackman, Kate Spence, Allan Taylor.

MASTERCLASS INTENSIVE


tjb



TF2012

ARTISTS


Dani Albuhawa, Nicola Canavan, Kris Canavan, Ernst Fischer, Mark Flisher, Holly Johnson, Elizabeth Kilby, Taylor Le Fin, Mark Leahy, Llewyn Maire, Helena Sands, Allan Taylor, Tracing the Pathway, Traumata (aka Hellen Burrough).








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