‘WE ARE NOT DANCERS (OBVIOUSLY)’ Sarah Cunliffe on Wood and Harrison’s undancerly video choreographies

Berridge, Sarah

Abstract

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 perspective. Their work nevertheless provokes questions around presence and theatricality most often associated with dance and performance artists.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2008
• Deposit Date: Feb 11, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2024
• Journal: Dance Theatre Journal
• Print ISSN: 0264-9160
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 15-18
• Keywords: Dance Theatre; Video Art
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11692087
• Additional Information: Sarah Cunliffe (published under former name) ; ; From One Thing to Another by John Wood and Paul Harrison,; presented 6 new works at the Picture This atelier space in Bristol; 19th Jan-23rd Feb 2008 (Produced by Picture This). Quotes from; Paul Harrison are taken from a conversation with the author.