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Certain Fragments

Certain Fragments

Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment

by Tim Etchells
Publication Date: 21/06/1999

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Certain Fragmentsis an extraordinary exploration of what lies at the heart of contemporary theatre. Written by the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, acknowledged to be 'Britain's most brilliant experimental theatre company'( Guardian),Certain Fragmentsinvestigates the processes of devising performance, the role of writing in an interdisciplinary theatre, and the influence of the city on contemporary art practice. Tim Etchells' unique and provocative voice shifts from intimate anecdote to critical analysis and back again. As in his theatre-making, Etchells disrupts traditional notions of creative, academic and intellectual work. The book is an exciting and radical fusion of story-telling and criticism. It also makes available for the first time, four seminal Forced Entertainment texts by Etchells.
ISBN:
9780415173827
9780415173827
Category:
Education
Publication Date:
21-06-1999
Language:
English
Publisher:
Routledge
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
24.76x17.15x20.32mm
Weight:
0.66kg
Tim Etchells

Tim Etchells is an artist and writer based in Sheffield and London. His work shifts between performance, visual art, and writing, and is presented in a wide variety of contexts, from museums and galleries to festivals and public sites. Since 1984, he has been the leader of the ground-breaking, world-renowned Sheffield performance group Forced Entertainment, winners of the 2016 International Ibsen Award.

His work in visual art has been shown in institutions including Tate Modern, Hayward Gallery, and Witte de With (Rotterdam), whilst his performances - either solo, with Forced Entertainment, or in collaboration with other artists, choreographers, and musicians - have been presented in venues including the Barbican Centre, Centre Pompidou Paris, Volksbuhne Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna) and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, to name a few.

His public site commissions have included projects for Times Square (New York), Derry-Londonderry UK City of Culture 2013 and Glastonbury festival. Etchells has developed a unique voice in writing fiction and is currently Professor of Performance and Writing at Lancaster University.

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