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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heddon, Deirdre, 1969-

Contributor:

Lavery, Carl, 1969-

Smith, Phil.

Mock, Roberta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiographical drama, English.

One-person shows (Performing arts).

Walking--Drama.

Walking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Walking, writing & performance

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. [177]-182.

ISBN:

1-282-31242-1

9786612312427

1-84150-337-1

OCLC:

457057834