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The Space In Between
Back in 1999 in a provocation I wrote for a listserve discussion, I described my work in networked performance between 1995 and 1999. It’s reposted here as to provide context for some new work.
Performance Live: Why Paul Mason was Kicking Sand Everywhere at the Young Vic
Having read Paul Mason’s premature evaluation of the wave of uprisings at the beginning of the decade, but not having caught his revised theatrical adventure earlier this year, I had to watch the screening of Why It’s Kicking Of Everywhere as part of the BBC’s series of “innovative” theatre broadcasts, Performance Live.
‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ – Glastonbury 2017 and the anthem of hope
Jeremy Corbyn was the real headline act at this year’s Glastonbury Festival and I’ve never seen anything like it. He is, after all, a politician!
Mark Fisher – the political, the cultural and the personal
Mark Fisher drew on the working class experience and cultural references that resonated with me personally in order to present serious and apposite cultural and political analysis through a form of personal storytelling that were journeys through contemporary culture. He’ll be sorely missed.
England’s Dreaming, Babylon’s Awakenings
An intercultural view of Punk and it’s connections in what’s been dubbed the genre’s 40th anniversary year.
The Return of Project 23
The first ever live Drum n’ Bass band featuring jazz vocalist Cleveland Watkiss and super-human drummer Marque Gilmore, ‘the inna•most’ are back to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their “landmark album” “23”.
Gambiarra – Rescuing Rio’s Opening Ceremony
It’s hard to imagine that any city as troubled as Rio de Janeiro is at the moment could have pulled that ceremony off as successfully they did, but it was gambiarra with a dose of digital tech that saved the day.
Repurposing The Birth Of A Nation
Repurposing the title of the 1915 racist KKK propaganda epic and reclaiming our emancipation story, Nate Parker’s record breaking independent movie “The Birth of A Nation” tells the story of Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion.
Naná Vasconcelos – autodidata mestre do som
The Brazilian state of Pernambuco is today in three days of mourning for its cultural ambassador. What he taught me has had a lasting impact.
The Ascension of Major Tom
Blackstar is more than just a musically brilliant and compelling album. It’s the core of what is probably David Bowie’s most significant and shining art-work – his own death.
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