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Documentation, Disappearance and the Representation of Live Performance This page intentionally left blank Documentation, Disappearance and the Representation of Live Performance Matthew Reason © Matthew Reason 2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-9707-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-54603-9 ISBN 978-0-230-59856-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230598560 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reason, Matthew, 1975– Documentation, disappearance, and the representation of live performance / Matthew Reason. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-54603-9 1. Performing arts – Technique. 2. Performing arts – Information resources. I. Title. PN1590.T43R43 2006 791—dc22 2006045354 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 For Peter and Elizabeth This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements x Preface: About the Cover xi Introduction 1 1 Documentation and Disappearance 8 Part I 2 Archives 31 3 Proper Research, Improper Memory 41 4 Self-Representation 5 Part II 5 Video Documents 73 6 Screen Reworkings 92 Part III 7 Photography, Truth and Revelation 113 8 Photography, Publicity and Representation 146 Part IV 9 Reviewing Performance 183 10 Writing the Live 205 11 The Representation of Live Performance 231 Notes 239 Performance Works Cited 251 Bibliography 253 Index 263 vii List of Illustrations 7.1 The Chairs Complicite and Royal Court Theatre (1997) Photograph Graham Brandon. 119 V&A Images/Theatre Museum 7.2 Penny Arcade. While You Were Out Performance view at PS122 (1985) 124 Photograph Dona Ann McAdams 7.3 Karen Finley. I’m An Ass Man Performance view at The Cat Club (1987) 125 Photograph Dona Ann McAdams 7.4 Annie Sprinkle. Post Porn Modernist Performance view at The Kitchen (1990) 129 Photograph Dona Ann McAdams 7.5 Nachtasiel Ro Theatre Rotterdam (1998) 131 Photograph Bertien van Manen 7.6 Zavarzino Siberia. Oleg (1992) A Hundred Summers, A Hundred Winters 131 Photograph Bertien van Manen 7.7 Nachtasiel Ro Theatre Rotterdam (1998) 133 Photograph Bertien van Manen 7.8 Kazan. Vlada (1992) A Hundred Summers, A Hundred Winters 133 Photograph Bertien van Manen 7.9 Rika Okamoto, Kathy Buccellato and Camille M. Brown Martha Graham Dance Company (1994) 138 Photograph Lois Greenfield 7.10 Daniel Ezralow and Ashley Roland (1988) Photograph Lois Greenfield 140 7.11 Wall/Line Ned Maluf, Christopher Batenhorst, Paula Gifford (1994) 142 Photograph Lois Greenfield viii List of Illustrations ix 8.1 Advertising leaflet for When the Bulbul Stopped Singing Traverse Theatre Company (2004) 151 Photograph Euan Myles 8.2 Advertising leaflet for Outlying Islands Traverse Theatre Company (2002) 153 Photograph Euan Myles 8.3 ‘Travel Agency’. Front cover of the Traverse Theatre Brochure (2004) 156 Photograph Euan Myles 8.4 Advertising leaflet for Emanuelle Enchanted Forced Entertainment (1992) 159 Photograph Hugo Glendinning 8.5 a–d Photographs from the ‘blind shoot’ of Club of No Regrets Forced Entertainment (1993) 161 Photographs Hugo Glendinning 8.6 India Song Het Zuidelijk Toneel (1998) 165 Photograph Chris Van der Burght 8.7 India Song Het Zuidelijk Toneel (1998) 167 Photograph Chris Van der Burght 8.8 Visitors Only Damaged Goods (2003) 168 Photograph Chris Van der Burght 8.9 The Featherstonehaughs Draw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele The Featherstonehaughs (1999) 171 Photograph Chris Nash 8.10 Blind Faith Yolande Snaith Theatre Dance (1991) 173 Photograph Chris Nash 8.11 Immaculate Conception The Featherstonehaughs (1992) 178 Photograph Chris Nash The photographs are reproduced by kind permission of the photographers, companies/artists or rights holders concerned.
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