 Event |
The Pornography of Performance
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| Venue |
The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW |
| First Date |
9 November 1988 |
| Last Date |
27 November 1988 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Programme: "Who controls a theatrical performance? Is the spectator the passive recipient of the artists' god-like manipulations? Or are the performers desperate whores constantly incited by the spectators' devouring gaze to greater and greater acts of self-abuse? The Pornography of Performance takes as its subject the shifts in power and the explosions of pleasure that happen between spectator and performer".
Reviewer: ""The work - often chaotic, often funny, often shocking - is executed with great energy"". |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Experimental
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Performance Recording: The Sydney Front, The Pornography of Performance, Artfilms, 1988
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Review: Angela Bennie, The Australian, 14 November 1988
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Review: Jeremy Eccles, Australian Listener, 26 November 1988
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Review: Martin Portus, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 November 1988
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Review: Mick Barnes, Sun Herald, 13 November 1988
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
November 1988 |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Event Identifier |
1571 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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