tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540238797652497941.post5213931542216628110..comments2023-06-05T00:37:03.220-07:00Comments on YELLINGMOUTH: self entitlement: “yes ringmaster: dialoguing ghosting” with Alexa Wilson & Val smith- A Performance work by Sean Curham 'Ghosting 1-6 Part 2 Cabaret'Cat Rukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481017125227732279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540238797652497941.post-54981558051956900692011-03-01T13:06:11.912-08:002011-03-01T13:06:11.912-08:00I like this conversational style of looking at Sea...I like this conversational style of looking at Sean's work. I really enjoyed the version of Ghosting that I saw. <br /><br />Performance/experimental/dance art (or whatever you want to call it) is getting more attention in the dance sector. It's one of those very slow processes - the transformation and mutation of something considered 'unconventional' to a more 'conventional' (or mainstream/acceptable) artform. Works like these are gaining more support from the art world now - that Auckland FINALLY has a fringe festival that is supported by a major arts producing organisation is a good start. And I love the DIY element of performance art; I think it's very important that artists are able to be so hands on with their work. But that artists are beginning to be supported more to present stuff is encouraging. It's not perfect, but it's getting there. I am eternally optimistic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138478368388474161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540238797652497941.post-68528138771692333232011-02-28T21:02:16.130-08:002011-02-28T21:02:16.130-08:00That's so true Raewyn, about the movement.. an...That's so true Raewyn, about the movement.. and very horse like infact. I forgot to mention that his father was in Greenland, yes. A very personally reflective work but also connecting to the universal as well.. the culture of nz, the climate via self. Very performance art in this way.Alexa Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702993617596968596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540238797652497941.post-63864892986049227132011-02-28T18:31:14.326-08:002011-02-28T18:31:14.326-08:00I caught definite references to or echoes of Sean&...I caught definite references to or echoes of Sean's earlier work Greenland here -- such as riding the horses, facing up to bullies, admiring his father, acts of public acknowledgment, sadness at lost glories, the healing poweres of Karekare, the sociality of a group who share a common purpose -- dog walking, being an audience...<br /><br />These coalesced in the choice of movement vocab where he picked his feet up higher than usual and stamped them flatter than usual, with special shoes that resonated as if the sole were hollow -- a gaitlike someone who has had a stroke or some other kind of neurological impairment and has learned to walk again...raewynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05496282215086486952noreply@blogger.com