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A 'language of the body': Weightlifting and (reptilian) rhythms of regulation (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, K. (2024, March). A 'language of the body': Weightlifting and (reptilian) rhythms of regulation. Paper presented at 2024 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry, Online

This audio-visual presentation recontextualizes postmodern ‘punk’ feminist writer Kathy Acker’s essay ‘Against Ordinary Language: The Language of the Body’ (1993) as a critical experimental work of narrative autoethnography. It will be proposed that... Read More about A 'language of the body': Weightlifting and (reptilian) rhythms of regulation.

Rivermaids (2024)
Digital Artefact
Berridge, S., McEwen, L., & Chun, K. (2024). Rivermaids. [Audio]

This play - a drama piece about local water resilience and climate change, has been co-created with community members of Tewkesbury and in partnership with The Roses Theatre. It is a response to a research call encouraging new collaboration between D... Read More about Rivermaids.

Let’s play together (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Lovesmith, G., & Rasbash, Z. (2023, November). Let’s play together. Presented at Sustainability and health: the nexus of carbon-neutral architecture and well-being. The 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

Throughout 2022-23 Watershed (cultural cinema & creative technology centre) have been working with an architect & socially-engaged artist on plans to adapt their building for the Climate Emergency. Watershed leads within its communities with a proud... Read More about Let’s play together.

The alchemy of metaphor (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Mahood, K. (2023, November). The alchemy of metaphor. Paper presented at Alchemy: Exploring Metaphorical Transformations and Arts-Based Research, St Anne's College, Oxford

In Joan Didion’s biopic ‘The Centre Will Not Hold’ there’s a moment when she speaks of seeing a five year old girl on acid in Haight Ashbury. ‘It was gold,’ she says, sharp-eyed and birdlike. Didion knew the power of writing to transform... Read More about The alchemy of metaphor.

Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Berridge, S., McEwen, L., & Chun, K. (2023). Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK.

Flood-prone places and people often face conflicting interests that hinder their ability to cope with, and adapt to, wider water security issues. To enhance capacities of these places and people, interdisciplinary researchers (UWE, Bristol) and Acta... Read More about Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK.

Downstream UK (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Berridge, S., Mc Ewen, L., & Chun, K. Downstream UK. [Performance]. December 2022 - December 2023. (Unpublished)

‘Downstream UK – a Pilot’ Dec’22-Dec’23: A community play: a drama piece about local water resilience and climate change, co-created with community members of Tewkesbury and in partnership with The Roses Theatre and acta Community Theatre. It was m... Read More about Downstream UK.

The Ice Road (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Clark, S. The Ice Road. [Performance]. Performed at Jacob's Wells Road Baths, Bristol. 21 August 2017 - 27 November 2017. (Unpublished)

Site-responsive immersive theatre fusing live performance, creative technology, film, music, projection mapping and object based technology.

Towards a performative trans-pedagogy: Critical approaches for learning and teaching in art and performance (2016)
Journal Article
Mulvey, M., & Chalklin, V. (2016). Towards a performative trans-pedagogy: Critical approaches for learning and teaching in art and performance. Performance Matters, 2(1), 62-77

This paper examines two short courses delivered by the authors through Tate’s public programme in 2014/15 as case studies through which to consider the possibilities of performative critical pedagogy for art and performance appreciation and criticism... Read More about Towards a performative trans-pedagogy: Critical approaches for learning and teaching in art and performance.

The Stick House (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Clark, S. The Stick House. [Script]. Performed at Bristol Temple Meads station. 5 June 2015 - 6 November 2015. (Unpublished)

Immersive theatre experience fusing live performance, digital technology, film and music produced in 2017 in tunnels under Bristol Temple Meads station. Writer and creator.

Tourist trade trash, and other still performances (2011)
Journal Article
Mulvey, M. (2011). Tourist trade trash, and other still performances. Dance Theatre Journal, 23(4), 11-14

Associated with proper performance only by the undiscerning spectator, living statues are perhaps the lowest form of theatre. Literally on the street, they are a trashy by-product of a higher art, popular with tourists and those with time and money t... Read More about Tourist trade trash, and other still performances.

Sleep (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Berridge, S. Sleep. [Video]. 2010 - 2010. (Unpublished)

A clip from an original 20 minute video installation, created from a study of sleep and everyday movement. Funded by Picture This, Bristol Exhibited at the Laban Centre, London. Original music by Daniel Berridge https://vimeo.com/106274583

Red (2009)
Exhibition / Performance
Berridge, S. Red. [Film]. Performed at Picture This, Spike Island, Bristol. 2009 - 2010. (Unpublished)

Made through a Picture This 'Small Wonders' scheme and funded by Portland Green Productions (http://www.portlandgreen.com/) http://www.picture-this.org.uk/worksprojects/artists/c/sarah-cunliffe Developed in response to the Powell and Pressburger fi... Read More about Red.

Laura (2008)
Exhibition / Performance
Berridge, S. Laura. [Video]. Performed at Arnolfini. 2008 - 2009. (Unpublished)

Performed by dancers Catherine Lee, Denise Rowe, Laura Street and Emma Wyke, Laura refers to the main character in the classic 1945 film Brief Encounter. The movements of the dancers draw on the gestures and physical tics of the character in the film... Read More about Laura.

‘WE ARE NOT DANCERS (OBVIOUSLY)’ Sarah Cunliffe on Wood and Harrison’s undancerly video choreographies (2008)
Journal Article
Berridge, S. (2008). ‘WE ARE NOT DANCERS (OBVIOUSLY)’ Sarah Cunliffe on Wood and Harrison’s undancerly video choreographies. Dance Theatre Journal, 22(4), 15-18

Video artists John Wood and Paul Harrison have been collaborating since 1993 and, as Claire Doherty suggests, they draw on their fine art backgrounds to create formal compositions involving their bodies, objects and their relationships with space and... Read More about ‘WE ARE NOT DANCERS (OBVIOUSLY)’ Sarah Cunliffe on Wood and Harrison’s undancerly video choreographies.