Four monologues, interspersed with game-show antics requiring audience participation.
53 minutes. Unknown date.
This DVD is currently missing. The digital file can be viewed in the Study Room. The reference is EF5201.
Four monologues, interspersed with game-show antics requiring audience participation.
53 minutes. Unknown date.
Two parts documentation of performance offering varied interpretations on the aging female solo performing body. 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.
First 17 minutes: experimental video with dolls, shoes, colour overlays etc. (content unidentified, possibly off-air recordings); then venue interior shots and Neil Bartlett in solo rehearsal or performance. Venue unidentified but possibly Battersea Arts Centre, which would make this 1987 and the earliest version of the piece. Performance section followed by music videos, film excerpts etc. (presumably recorded off-air).Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Performance piece after the novel by Mary E Braddon. With Neil Bartlett, Nicolas Bloomfield, Annie Griffin, Leah Hausman and Luke Williams. ICA, London, 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Venue interior shots and Neil Bartlett in solo rehearsal or performance. Venue unidentified but probably Battersea Arts Centre, which would make this 1987 and the earliest version of the piece. Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore. Music by Jeffrey Hinton.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by ICA Live Arts. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore. Same performance as REF. D1980 but this version has no opening titles and ends prematurely. An undocumented voice over from another programme plays over the top of the recording from the beginning until 10 min. 35 sec.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Video document of a journey of recollection through embdied and spoken narratives drawn from a number of reference works by the artist.