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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807462403321

Autore

Heddon Deirdre <1969->

Titolo

Walking, writing and performance : autobiographical texts / / by Deirdre Heddon, Carl Lavery and Phil Smith ; edited by Roberta Mock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect Books, 2009

ISBN

1-282-31242-1

9786612312427

1-84150-337-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LaveryCarl <1969->

SmithPhil

MockRoberta

Disciplina

808.2

828.920808

Soggetti

Autobiographical drama, English

One-person shows (Performing arts)

Walking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [177]-182.

Nota di contenuto

FrontCover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction: It's (Not Really) All About Me, Me, Me; Part 1: Carl Lavery; Mourning Walk; Mourning Walk and Pedestrian Performance: History, Aesthetics and Ethics; Part 2: Phil Smith; The Crab Walks; Crab Walking and Mythogeography; Crab Steps Aside; Part 3: Dee Heddon; Tree: A Studio Performance; One Square Foot: Thousands of Routes; Sources; Biographical Notes

Sommario/riassunto

This collection charts three projects by performance-makers who generate autobiographical writing by taking walks. It includes performance texts and photographs, as well as essays by the artists that discuss processes of development, writing and performance.The Crab Walks and Crab Steps Aside are performances made by Phil Smith based on an initial exploratory walking of an area of South Devon where he was taken for childhood holidays and then on to Munich, Herm and San Gimignano. Both shows were accompanied by the distribution of maps seeking to provoke the audience to make their own explorato