Books: Staging the Screen – The Use of Film and Video in Theatre
The use of film and video is commonplace in contemporary theatre, viewed by some as contaminating theatre’s ‘liveness’, by others as inevitable and desirable. After tracing the history of current approaches back to…
Alexander Calder’s “Circus”
Carlos Vilardebo’s 1961 film of Alexander Calder’s “circus,” an intricately assembled performance piece played out by handmade characters including jugglers, sword swallowers, clowns, and animals. These figures, crafted from a collection of “cork,…
Featured: Paul D C Kindersley (UK)
According to the British artist Paul Kindersley, the performance element in his work is, if not acted out, always suggested in his pieces. ‘They are props, which could be left over or yet to…
Opportunities: P4M.Performance.Video.Festival
P4M.Performance.Video.Festival (Submission Deadline May 9, 2010) Call for entries for the the first annual P4M online video festival. Contemporary Performance will host an online video festival of performance works and excerpts June 14…
In Performance: Gisèle Vienne + Dennis Cooper 2008 Production of JERK
A description of the 2008 production of Jerk by Dennis Cooper and directed by the French Artist, Gisèle Vienne. Jerk” is an imaginary reconstruction – strange, poetic, funny and somber – of the…
