'Moving Out' exhibition

Organised by UZ Arts in association with Colomboscope, the 'Moving out'  public theatre and performance took  Hikkaduwa by storm recently.

Artistic Director Neil Butler is known best in Sri Lanka for his work as co-director of the Colombo Art Biennale. Taking the initiative with ‘Moving Out’ proved easy for Butler, who has also conducted several exchange programmes between Lankan and European artists.

He says “we want everyone to be able to watch and enjoy the performances,” of the primarily public venues chosen for the show. In Hikkaduwa performances took place on  beaches, jungles and marketplaces.

UZ Arts identifies as its initiative to ‘create, commission, produce, programme and tour work across art forms and borders, supporting every part of the process of making and distributing art’. “We’ve been working in Sri Lanka for several years,” explains Butler. UZ Arts runs the Sura Medura International Artist Residency Centre in Hikkaduwa; it is here that several artists from across Europe have been based for the last few weeks, bouncing off each other’s energy to create six original and groundbreaking shows.

Captured here are scenes from the show on Sunday in Hikkaduwa