Catalogue of the eponymous programme of events; Barbican, 20-28 January 2017. Includes archival images from the Warburg Institute and other sources that have provided inspiration to the artists during the making process, an introduction to the work by Siobhan Davies, a conversation between the Warburg Institute and Siobhan Davies Dance, and texts by artists and curators involved.
What happens when a 12-18 month old is let loose in a soft, safe space with someone who follows and reflects their every sound, move and mood? The interaction between babies, performers and the audience of parents and carers is what makes this an utterly unpredictable event.
Includes a 10 minute edit and a video of the 45 minute performance a the 2005 Melbourne Festival.
Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Kids (P3091).
A duet collaboration between two choreographers (one disabled, one non-disabled) working together on dance performances that touch the borders of mainstream assumptions about implicit and explicit images of ‘the contemporary dancer’ and the different potentials for our bodies to be seen as knowing, skilful and passionate.
Contains extracts and a 37 minute edit.
2008.
A duet collaboration between two choreographers (one disabled, one non-disabled) working together on dance performances that touch the borders of mainstream assumptions about implicit and explicit images of ‘the contemporary dancer’ and the different potentials for our bodies to be seen as knowing, skilful and passionate.
Work in progress (2007).
Includes a research document and a short WIP edit.
All performance depends upon our abilities to create, perceive, remember, imagine and empathize. This book provides an introduction to the evolutionary and cognitive foundations of theatrical performing and spectating and argues that this scientific perspective challenges some of the major assumptions about what takes place in the theatre.
Includes:
Dual performance to Skype camera
Blood, 2013 (1:47); Block, 2013 (1:48); Lançar- to throw 2013 (0:39); Alinhar – to Align, 2013 (0:58); Cloud try 3, 2013 (0:51); Red line, 2015 (0:50); A short story, 2015 (1:04); Annunciation 1 & 2, 2015 (2:08)
Dual performance to the camera
Skull-line, cranial suture, 2014 (0:46); Measuring the room, 2014 (1:27); Tables, 2015 (2:05); To do with you, 2016 (2:20); Push, 2011 (1:25); Dictionario (excerpt), 2011; And –And, 2016 (3:44)
Drawing on many examples from contemporary performance, this book is a provocative starting point for understanding the surprisingly complex relationship between theatre and the body. Foreword by Marina Abramovic.
A series of conversations with dance artists, curators and directors, who share their experiences of presenting or performing dance in museum and gallery spaces.
A collection of postcards documenting a collaborative series of performances by visual artists Frances Mezzetti and Pauline Cummins from 2008 to 2014.
MANUAL is a collaborative publication by performance artist Victoria Gray and writer-artist Emma Cocker. The publication is a response to Berthing Bone, a video work by Victoria Gray. MANUAL complrises photographic stills from the video Berthing Bone, alongside writing by Gray and Cocker.