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SWIM

Artist/Author: Amy Sharrocks | Digital Reference: EF5177 | Type: Digital File

One of a series of works looking at people and their relationship with water in an urban setting.

2014, HD video, 31’ 19”

Performance and Politics in the 1970s

Artist/Author: Various | Digital Reference: EF5167 | Type: Digital File

Documentation of a day of screenings, conversations and presentations which explore, recover and communicate the history of performance art in London and the UK in the 1970s. The day includes a screening of William Raban’s film 72-82 (a history of art and performance at Acme Gallery, London), followed by a panel discussion with William Raban (Professor of Film at London College of Communication), and special guests; a conversation with Hilary Westlake and David Gale (Lumiere & Son); lectures by Naseem Khan, Anne Bean, and Marcia Farquhar; with a keynote by the historian Carolyn Steedman (Emeritus Professor of History, University of Warwick).

 

 

72-82 - A Film by William Raban

Artist/Author: William Raban | Reference: D2192 | Type: DVD

72-82 tells the story of the first ten years of Acme Studios and their ground breaking work providing artists’ housing and studios in London. It also features some of the pioneering exhibitions at the Acme Gallery that was based in Covent Garden from 1976-81. The film comprises visual archive materials brought to life by the voices of the artists involved. Interviewees include: Cosey Fanni Tutti, Jock McFadyen and David Critchley.

This item is part of the ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)

Swim

Artist/Author: Amy Sharrocks | Reference: P2548 | Type: Publication

This small booklet is a limited edition of collected images from artworks about people and their relationship to water.

Riot

Artist/Author: Isaac Julien | Reference: P2445 | ISBN: 978-0870708879 | Type: Publication

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.

Rebecca Horn

Artist/Author: Rebecca Horn et al | Reference: P2447 | ISBN: 0892071117 | Type: Publication

Catalogue from the Rebecca Horn retrospective that opened at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 1993. Contributions include interviews and essays by Rebecca Horn, Germano Celant, Nancy Spector, Giuliana Bruno, Katherina Schmidt, Stuart Morgan, Nicholas Serota, Thomas Krens.

We Can Be Heroes: London Clubland 1976-84

Artist/Author: Graham Smith, Chris Sullivan | Reference: P2442 | ISBN: 9781908717658 | Type: Publication

Charts the rise of London’s club scene from Punk in the late 1970s to the New Romantics in the 1980s.

New Club Kids: London Party Fashion in the Noughties

Artist/Author: Oggy Yordanov | Reference: P2411 | ISBN: 97837919345543 | Type: Publication

A collection of vibrant photographs by Oggy Yordanov, revealing the outrageous fashion of London's pulsating club scene in the 21st century.

Performing Site-Specific Theatre: Politics, Place, Practice

Editor: Anna Birch and Joanne Tompkins | Reference: P2401 | Type: Publication

‘Performing Site-Specific Theatre turns a critical eye to the form of site-specific theatre, investigating the nature of the relationship between ‘site’ and ‘performance’. Contributors: Joanne Thompkins, Anna Birch, Michael McKinnie, Susan Bennett, Julie Sanders, Jane Collins, John Webster, Mike Pearson, Kathleen Irwin, Susan Haedicke, Lesley Ferris, Louise Owen, Keren Zaiontz, Bruce Barton, Richard Windeyer, Helen Iball, Sophie Nield

Melancholia

Artist/Author: Peter Suart | Reference: D2078 | Type: DVD

Part of Sacred, a season of contemporary performance at the Chelsea Theatre, London, 19 October 2012 – 1 February 2013. No. 10 of 10. For the complete series see Ref. D2069-D2078.

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