ACTION HERO

Who Are Action Hero?

Action Hero is the collaboration between artists Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse. Together we create artworks that expand across multiple creative practices: performance, installation, sound, digital practice and work for public space.
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Rebel resistors radio club

Action Hero’s new, international participatory project about analogue communication technologies and the future.
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How to make a living as an artist

A blog we wrote way back in 2013 that has been viewed 86,000 times...

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The Talent

A new work for the stage touring in 2024, critically acclaimed and OFFIE nominated. Created in collaboration with Deborah Pearson, about the voice and capitalism.
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Future perfect: New Byelaws for Civic Spaces

A dada-meets-municipal government project that recycles the language of civic beaurocracy to re-construct possible futures. In collaboration with artists Mia+Eric.
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Oh Europa

Oh Europa is a labour of love: a project that spans a continent and cuts straight to the heart. Travelling through Europe in a customised campervan-recording studio, we’ve been asking strangers to sing us a love song.
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You Had To Be There

To celebrate 15 years of Action Hero, we created You Had To Be There, an 11 episode video series that aired weekly on YouTube during lockdown, celebrating every work we’ve created to date. The video set is now available for purchase
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radioh europa

Love songs collected from all over Europe, broadcast live and online over an entire day. An epic deep listening event where a heartfelt messages about love and loss emerge out of the white noise.
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Watch me fall

A classic A.H show, created way back in 2008 and toured all over the world.
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