Stagefright

Buchheim, Yvonne

Abstract

The solo exhibition is the outcome of an artist-in-residency award at the University of Essex. Earlier on in the year, Yvonne Buchheim approached people all over campus and asked them to sing a song of their choice, unprepared, on the spot and in front of a video camera. Buchheim’s way of approaching participants invokes chance and casualty in the public realm. It draws attention to random encounters while highlighting what is easily overlooked in the everyday - the extraordinary within the ordinary. 
This exhibition offers an intriguing insight into campus life and creates a portrait of those that live, study and work here.

A Stagefright public event at the Lakeside Theatre is scheduled for the 4 November 2010. Yvonne Buchheim talks about her six year search for singers and the extraordinary song archive she’s amassed from around the world, including Iran, Ireland and Nashville, Tennessee.

A programme of talks, events and film accompany this show. The brochure for the show is part of the Critical Text Series and features an essay by art critic Sean Ashton.

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Conference Name: Stagefright
• Start Date: Oct 7, 2010
• End Date: Nov 6, 2010
• Deposit Date: Oct 27, 2010
• Keywords: Song Archive Project, art, song, performance, amateur singing, University of Essex, Sean Ashton, matrixed performance, non-matrixed performance
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1436856
• Publisher URL: http://www.essex.ac.uk/artson5/Event.aspx?type=exhibitions
• Contract Date: Dec 2, 2016