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Ana Mendieta

Editor: Gloria Moure | Reference: P2887 | ISBN: 978-8434308213 | Type: Publication

This publication sets out to make Mendieta's figure more public in order to secure her rightful place in the chronicle of contemporary art.

Adrienne’s Dirty Laundry Experience / Adrienne’s Room Service

Artist/Author: Adrian Howells | Reference: D2204 | Type: DVD

This DVD is currently missing. The digital file can be viewed in the Study Room. The reference is EF5202.

Adrienne's Dirty Laundry Service – Arches New Work Commission (2003), 22:16 

Adrienne's Room Service at The Great Eastern Hotel (2005), 8:50

Two Destination Language

Artist/Author: Katherina Radeva and Alister Lownie | Reference: P2817 | Type: Publication

Information about the company's work, including Near Gone, Landed, Manpower, A Journey of a Home, and Storyville. 

The Future Show

Artist/Author: Deborah Pearson | Reference: P2808 | ISBN: 978-1783192953 | Type: Publication

The Future Show is both a performance and an on-going project. It is a piece that tells the story of a one person's future, starting from the end of a performance and going until the end of her life.

Jive Talker

Artist/Author: Samson Kambalu | Reference: P2791 | ISBN: 978-3293004115 | Type: Publication

In German.

In this often subversive book, Samson Kambalu introduces his country of birth, Malawi, an impoverished nation in which no dissent is tolerated, where political opponents are “disappeared” and where a portrait of Life President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda is always guaranteed to be watching. Narrated with sass and charisma, The Jive Talker is a love letter to an Africa that is hardly understood.

Yes? No! Maybe… Seductive Ambiguity in Dance

Artist/Author: Emilyn Claid | Reference: P2757 | ISBN: 978-0-415-37247-3 | Type: Publication

A book about performing and watching dance. Using a combination of historical, academic and autobiographical voices, it covers 50 years of British dance, from Margot Fonteyn in the 1950’s to innovative contemporary practitioners such as Wendy Houstoun, Nigel Charnock, Lloyd Newson, Javier de Frutos and Fin Walker.

Dulces y amargos sueños

Artist/Author: Petrona de la Cruz | Digital Reference: EF5145 | Type: Digital File

Part of “Negación y Utopía” (“Nagation and Utopia”), the first National Festival of Performance of Mexico, 6-29 November 2013, a platform showcasing work on Mexican identity and multicultural hybrids. This documentation includes recordings of the performance, exerpts, and interviews with the artist. Spanish language.

Ambivalent Intimacies: Performance and Domestic Photography in the Work of Adrian Howells

Artist/Author: Jon Cairns | Reference: A0606 | Type: Article

An exploration of Adrian Howells’s artistic practice of creating work that promotes intimacy and genuine exchange with an audience.

Titillation Grade 3

Artist/Author: Emily Underwood-Lee | Digital Reference: EF5116 | Type: Digital File

Two parts documentation of performance taking a humorous look at the post-operative body and who and what can be revealed after breast cancer. Presented in the context of “Fem Fresh” (Sunday 8 June 2014), a collaboration between Queen Mary, University of London and the Live Art Development Agency, featuring presentations and dialogues on, about, and around feminism and age in Live Art.

If You Want Bigger Yorkshire Puddings You Need A Bigger Tin

Artist/Author: Lucy Hutson | Digital Reference: EF5131 | Type: Digital File

Video recordings of performance presented as part an extensive programme curated by Lois Keidan and Aaron Wright (Live Art Development Agency) entitled “Just Like A Woman”, composed of lectures, performances, readings, installations, screenings, workshops and debates on performance of identity, is fully dedicated to the impact of performance on feminist histories and the contribution of artists to discourses around contemporary gender politics.  From the 19th edition of the City of Women (Mesto žensk) festival – 2-13 October 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia – entitled “Let's create a place for ourselves” on public space and politics.