Public Art

Inexterior was a site specific performance created in a public garden in the centre of San Cristobal in Chiapas Mexico in collaboration with Rebecca Camilleri who lives there.

Artist Residency at the Alfred Gillett Trust, Street, Somerset This long-term residency took place in the orchard and barn of the Clarks museum and archive, exploring dialogues between nature, memory, and local history. Over the course of the project, I … Read more

Palace Intrusions was a year-long public arts project produced by Artmusic. It was curated by composer Helen Ottaway and performance artist Melanie Thompson. The project took take place in Wells, Somerset, with monthly events and arts interventions, called Benchmarks, beginning … Read more

Project Review May 2006 Paul Osborne Senior Urban Design and Landscape Officer, Torbay Council Background In October 2004 Torbay Council was approached by lead artist Melanie Thompson who proposed to work with the authority to create a site specific piece … Read more

1 year residency in small Somerset village and in collaboration with artist /doctor Jane Hazlewood. Received local and Millennium funding. Final event September 30th 2000 Chillington, Somerset. Brief description of the Residency A three phase project, beginning and ending in … Read more

In July 1992 Melanie began working with Kirsten Lavers (Installation artist) on a series of site-specific Live Art works. Their collaboration was called The Zwillinge Project. Zwillinge is the German word for twins. The Zwillinge Project made 10 episodes / … Read more