The ballad of Isosceles at Sensored Festival, Contact Theatre, Manchester

Matthews, AE

2015, The ballad of Isosceles at Sensored Festival, Contact Theatre, Manchester [Performance].

Official URL: http://contactmcr.com/whats-on/35694-recon-sensore...

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Authors:	Matthews, AE
Abstract:	Eleven performances over six hours as part of a large festival. The Ballad of Isosceles is a one-to-one performance for two people at a time exploring voyeurism, the Lynchian iconography of the chanteuse, and the strange rhythms of vicarious pleasure. It is an origin myth about the birth of envy in a previously innocent world. Isosceles, born out of wedlock from infidelity, tells the story of how she came to be - even as she pins you to your seat as the moth to her flame. The piece explores innovative dramaturgical strategies by putting Girard's (1996) theory of 'triangulation' into spatial relations - creating an affect of envy through a particular audience set-up. As such, the piece continues my research into immersive performance strategies and the ways in which the one-to-one exchange might reveal larger macro-relations of capital and desire.
Official URL:	http://contactmcr.com/whats-on/35694-recon-sensore...
Item Type:	Performance
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media
Date:	25 June 2015
Funders:	Contact Theatre
URL:	http://www.creativetourist.com/articles/theatre/manchester/sensored-festival-at-contact-soundless-dancing-and-dining-in-the-dark/
Event Title:	Sensored Festival
Event Location:	ContactTheatre, Manchester
Event Dates:	June 25
ID Code:	37379
Depositing User:	Dr Alison E Matthews
Deposited On:	09 Dec 2015 10:37
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 23:24

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