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LINEAGES OF TRASH

Artist/Author: Owen Parry | Editor: João Florêncio, Owen Parry, Martin Hargreaves, Thom Shaw | Reference: A0905 | Type: Article

Owen Parry interviews “legend, icon, wild-hearted demoness bad-girl bitch” – Penny Arcade.

DANCE THEATRE JOURNAL Vol 24 no.3 2011
pg43-47

"DRESS UP AND WE LOVE YOU" AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF QUEER PERFORMANCE CLUB BAR WOTEVER

Artist/Author: Vikki Chalkin | Editor: João Florêncio, Owen Parry, Martin Hargreaves, Thom Shaw | Reference: A0904 | Type: Article

DANCE THEATRE JOURNAL Volume 24 no.3 2011
pg 15-19

Les Reines Prochaines: Dings

Artist/Author: Nathalie Persillier | Reference: D2324 | Type: DVD

A criminological philosophical cinematographical musical comedy by Nathalie Percillier with the female music band Les Reines Prochaines. The film is made up of cinematic excerpts, stage performances and interviews with the protagonists. A lesbian trash movie, Pulp Fiction meets Dada.

73 minutes, DVD PAL 16:9, DE/EN.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Shortlist LIVE! Issue 1

Editor: Heidi Backström | Reference: P4064 | ISBN: 9871916424371 | Type: Publication

Publication on a new entity of events as part of ANTI Festival, where the artists shortlisted for the International Prize of Live Art present their work.

In English and Finnish.

Cabinet Of Curiosities

Artist/Author: Mat Fraser | Digital Reference: EF5317 | Type: Digital File

A journey through the history of disability – a history lesson with a difference.

Part of The Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives

Artist/Author: Judith Halberstam | Reference: P3719 | ISBN: 978-0814735855 | Type: Publication

Examines the significance of the transgender body and presents a series of case studies focused on the meanings of masculinity in its dominant and alternative forms – especially female and trans-masculinities as they exist within subcultures, and are appropriated within mainstream culture.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

Vrystaat Arts Festival 2017 programme

Reference: P3629 | Type: Publication

Programme for the Afrikaans language festival that forges creative connections with English and Sotho cultures; 18-22 July 2017.

What the **** is Normal?!

Artist/Author: Francesca Martinez | Reference: P3569 | ISBN: 978-0753555354 | Type: Publication

If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you’re, gasp … disabled? 

Awkwardness

Artist/Author: Adam Kotsko | Reference: P3251 | ISBN: 978-1-84694-391-1 | Type: Publication

Argues that the awkwardness of our age is a key to understanding human experience.

Theatre and Laughter

Artist/Author: Eric Weitz | Reference: P3013 | ISBN: 978-1137356086 | Type: Publication

Examines laughter among actors, among audience, and the interaction between the two. Exploring the many uses and effects of laughter in theatre, Weitz considers laughter as a tool of political resonance, as social commentary, and as one of the oldest rhetorical devices.