Blowing away the smoke and smashing the mirrors: troubling the trickery of capital H-history
By Jenn Snider When I enter the performance space, Didier Morelli is climbing the wall, rubbing the blackboard with his face. Morelli: “John. John. You didn’t leave me a dry eraser. I’m having to use ...
Small Signals for New Poetries
By Alison Cooley I have lost my notes detailing the gathering of small gestures which make up Vanishing Borders, a performance by Switzerland-based Iraqi artists Ali Al-Fatlawi and Wathiq Al-Ameri. I cannot sketch out the ...
Dispatch IV from Radio Equals
By Alison Cooley claude wittmann’s performance, Radio Equals, has been recurring daily at 3 pm, and was broadcast on 93.1 fm. The preceding is a short dispatch in response to today’s final session. wittmann's final ...
She Was Just Like You
By Alison Cooley Francesca Fini's performance space is a theatrical set. Her props and environment impeccably arranged, dramatically lit. Red, white and pinkare the scene's characteristic colours. There is a bandaged white face on a ...
Face Dancing makes Sensible Use of Space
By Jenn Snider “Okay, so I’ll go and check the mirror, but can you tell me if my eyes are uneven?”Anya Liftig has just asked me a confusing question, but as soon as I look ...
Architectural Poetics and Performing Structures (Performance Art Daily)
By Alison Cooley Moderator Bojana Videkanic, Gary Varro, Anya Liftig, Christian Bujold, Performance Art Daily - Approaching architecture October 31 2014 VIDEO STILL A few ideas stick out from the third Performance Art Daily panel, ...
Metonymic Intentions: Language sound body (Performance Art Daily)
By Jenn Snider Translator Francisco-Fernando Granados, Aidana Maria Rico Chávez, moderator Paul Couillard, Berenicci Hershorn, Linda Rae Dornan, Performance Art Daily - Language sound body October 30 2014 VIDEO STILL The second edition of Performance ...
Dispatch III from Radio Equals
By Alison Cooley "We have never met. We don't know each other. Whatever magic happens here has not been rehearsed," says claude wittmann's conversation partner today. "I am in a little room with white walls, ...
Questions for Liu Wei
By Alison Cooley Tanya Mars graciously introduced me, last night, to former students of hers who had offered to translate for Chinese performance artist Liu Wei. She suggested I approach them after his performance with ...
