Present Attempt is a collective of 4 artists making interdisciplinary performance works which include studio-based pieces, site specific works, writing and research. We show our work in a variety of spaces and settings.

Working as a group is important to us. We try to give equal attention to both how we make our work and what work we might make. We try to be honest, we like to cope with the rules and we like to declare them. Then we like to play around, always fascinated by what happens when the playing stops, when the rules get broken, this latent potential of the live.

The current members of Present Attempt are:

• James Bush

• Alex Eisenberg

• Venla Hatakka

• John Pinder

Previous members of the group:

• Matthew Trueman
• Rachel Hurrell
• Frankie Dixie
• Sam Lerner
• Tim Deiling