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Forms that turn: the Biennale & WYD, Sydney

– an aboriginal walking Jesus outside the MCA blesses you Sydney was hosting two major events during our visit, 12-19 July. The series of ‘Jesus Walks’ statues placed in small groups, usually trinities, around the city seemed to serve as the intersection between the two and suffered from the same
Simon Taylor 27 Jul 2008

posabilities / compossibles

1. durational – time – Tim Etchells provides this note on Forced Entertainment’s durational performances. KA MOUNTAIN and GUARDenia Terrace, staged in Iran by Robert Wilson and The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds, took 7 days. Wilson was incarcerated on drugs’ charges during the rehearsal period. Artists and writers, Henry Miller
Simon Taylor 20 Jul 2008

The House of Cadmus: a further synopsis of Semele/Thyone’s story

Semele is beautiful. God falls in love with her. Even her own brother is in love with her. However, he can’t compete with God. Polydoros’s jealousy, not detailed here, is a potential subplot, a license taken with a familiar story. No matter that it is incestuous, it is
Simon Taylor 10 Jul 2008

being is the bomb — . art tech in other words —. tour de golgotha —.

– Marcel Duchamp’s drawing, the only one in the accompanying notes for the Large Glass, in Box of 1914, entitled To Have the Apprentice in the Sun, on musical manuscript, and duly signed, Marcel Duchamp, 1914 Anarchy is the bomb, or the comprehension of technology. Jarry puts forward a curious
Simon Taylor 08 Jul 2008

Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино (1976)

Thank you Michael Pennington for recommending Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano as the “best Chekhov you could hope to see [on film], though it is not by Chekhov at all.” [Are You There, Crocodile: Inventing Chekhov, op. cit., pp. 80-1] Режиссер: Никита Михалков В ролях: Александр Калягин, Елена Соловей,
Simon Taylor 08 Jul 2008

laying the situation bare and leaving judgement up to us is not enough

Perm (or Пермь) is 700 miles from Moscow. – Пермь [фото царской России] – Андрей Петров Калганов, его сын и его внучка. [фото царской России] take hold of what’s left of your life and save it… – Chekhov, quoted in Michael Pennington’s, Are You There, Crocodile?, p. 165 When in doubt,
Simon Taylor 04 Jul 2008

refining crack: the process

It would be disingenuous of me to say that the problem, Is theatre an artform? is being presented without prejudice. I’ve already made up my mind. Now where should I look for support? and how prove it? Perhaps it’s better to ask: Is theatre not an artform? – Robert
Simon Taylor 04 Jul 2008

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