London clocks are breaking down (but are right at least twice a day)
Lucy Thane Abstract: For some time I have been observing that in London there are an increasing number of clocks in public places that are broken, either stopped or telling the wrong time. I am using an illustrated essay to…
Aesthetics of Rehearsal: An incomplete work-in-progress
Ruth Turner Abstract: This article aims to explore the invisible labours behind ‘making:’ it is a draft article. This form is used towards a practical exploration of ‘Aesthetics of Rehearsal’[1]. – a phrase set-forth by writer and performance-maker Sara Jane Bailes…
Theatricality and Performance: Reanimating Pia Lindman’s ‘Performance of Grief’
Edit Biro Abstract: Theatricality and Performance demonstrates knowledge of fundamental performance theory/theatre theory discourses and it reproduces them in the context of thinking towards a “site-specific performance” that redesigned and reanimated Pia Lindman’s ‘Performance of Grief’ in the context of…
Constructing the contemporary: an experiment with Mark Frankoʼs notion of ʻ(Re)constructionʼ
Revanta Sarabhai Abstract: As a young dancer trained in the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and having had intensive training in a variety of styles ranging from Indian and African folk forms to American modern and contemporary dance, I am…
Appearance
Meeting a friend in a corridor, Wittgenstein said: ‘Tell me, why do people always say it was natural for men to assume that the sun went round the earth rather than that the earth was rotating?’ His friend said, ‘Well,…
Two Entries for an Encyclopaedia Acephalica
Karin Verbruggen Abstract: This writing consists of two short texts that are inspired by the Encyclopaedia Acephalica (1995), edited by Georges Bataille. The first text, “Mikado,” is a piece of writing that deals with group dynamics, Japanese society and the…
Mikado
“This group of artist-researchers was assembled in the context of a master’s programme. It wrestled with every attempt to become one, clean, whole.” It described itself as “not a nicely balanced and agreeable group.” [1]The individual works crossed, met and…
Source Texts for Embarking on a Journey
Molly Beth Seremet Abstract: For this project, I explored personal mobility and subjectivity, using the label of “ethnic ambiguity” as a starting point. My own ethnic heritage is cloudy, as my family has not kept good records of itself. While…
Site Specific or Place Specific Dance?
Rania Leontiou Abstract: This essay aims to investigate the idea of site specificity in dance and the way the notion of place, site or space have been used from site specific artists. The notions of space and place shall be…
Historicity, Inc.
Querquia Backman Abstract: From dramatic serials such as The Tudors to documentaries like The War, the televised depictions of real world events and personas have become more dominant in post-modern society. However as more factual accounts take on the form…
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