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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
A collection of creative essays — a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the Fear of Diversity in America.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
Dressed as a Gril
London's alternative East End drag phenomenon gets its moment in this account of six years in the lives of its most celebrated performers: Jonny Woo, John Sizzle, Holestar, Scottee, Amber, Pia and Ma Butcher.
Extras: interviews with cast and crew, deleted scenes, character profiles, music videos, performances. Directed by Colin Rothbart.
94 minutes.
2015.
The Only Way Home Is Through the Show: Performance Work of Lois Weaver
The book explores Weaver’s collaborative work with Split Britches and Spiderwoman as well as her solo projects, performance interventions, and work as a facilitator, teacher, and as Tammy WhyNot.
Situation Rooms: Ein Multiplayer Videostück /// A Multiplayer Video Piece
This catalogue documents the multimedia performance project “Situation Rooms” – a multiple simultaneous cinema, augmented reality, and three-dimensional theatre experience.
HINCH: a film about Ian Hinchliffe
Film developed from the organisation and documentation of a Memorial for Hinchliffe held at Beaconsfield in London in 2012, and from the ongoing process of collecting and finding a safe space to house the Hinchliffe archive.
This item is part of the ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)
I Am Divine
This documentary focuses on the American actor, singer and drag performer Divine.
Riot
An intellectual biography of artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien , looking at key moments in his career and discussing the influences that shaped them. Contributors: Cynthia Rose, Paul Gilroy, Kobena Mercer, B. Ruby Rich, bell hooks, Giuliana Bruno, Christine Van Assche, Laura Mulvey, Stuart Hall.
Bruce Nauman: The True Artist
Comprehensive overview of the life and work of Bruce Nauman.
The Stuart Hall Project
John Akomfrah presents an intimate and engaging portrait of Stuart Hall, exploring themes of memory, race and identity through the juxtaposition of events from Hall's life, and a discourse on the wider social and political events of the second half of the twentieth century
Re/Search #4/5
William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle talk about advanced ideas involving the social control process, creativity, and the future.
