The Arvon Foundation is proud to present Patricia Osses in conjunction with Phil Minton at The Hurst, the John Osborne Arvon Centre.

Patricia Osses and Phil Minton worked together in June 2008 as part of a multimedia art project that re-enlivened the famous playwright's former home through improvised voice work, film and photography. Together, Patricia Osses and Phil Minton filled the house with song and sound.

Some of the photography from the project is featured right and three larger pictures are available at the Arvon homepage. More coming soon..

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Patricia Osses is a visual artist who graduated from the School of Communications and Arts - University of Sao Paulo, where she was taught by the artists Carlos Fajardo and Ana Tavares. Patricia also graduated in Architecture and Music (violoncello). Her work deals with reflections on space and its experience, through various ways as installation, performance, photograph and sound.

Phil Minton learned the trumpet at age 15 and since then has worked and sung in dance bands, brass bands and jazz groups. For the last 30 years he has worked mainly as an improvising singer and sung with most of the world's leading improvising musicians. He collaborated with pianist Veryan Weston on compositions such as "Songs from a Prison Diary" and is currently a member of improvising groups TooT, No Walls, 5 Men Singing, fORC, Adorno, Speeq and Axon.

As part of a British Council placement, Patricia Osses took part in a residency at Arvon's Shropshire writing house, The Hurst - former home of John Osborne. Patricia worked with improvisation singer Phil Minton to reawaken, redefine and rediscover the spaces of the Hurst house, where John Osborne lived for so many years.