Communal Knowledge
dal 19/9/2014 al 27/9/2014
Segnalato da
19/9/2014
Communal Knowledge
The Showroom, London
For the third commission, Patrick Staff has utilised a range of choreographic strategies in order to explore and question how bodies are presented, produced, represented and assessed within the fields of performance, healthcare, technology and labour.
For the third commission in this year's Communal Knowledge programme Patrick Staff has utilised a range of choreographic strategies in order to explore and question how bodies are presented, produced, represented and assessed within the fields of performance, healthcare, technology and labour.
Discussions and workshops with groups of practitioners, researchers, activists and local groups have fed into a series of large format posters which will be presented on the exterior of The Showroom's building from 20–28 September, and will feature an interview between the artist and one of the project's collaborators. The text will explore disabled and queer identity, austerity, illness and flexibility: and asks how we read bodies amidst complex economic, social and cultural representations within institutional sites.
The commission culminates with three public discussion events led by invited practitioners, who will respond to the text in relation to their own work and lives. Please come and join the discussion - all are welcome.
Image: Workshop with Opening Doors London. Photo: Patrick Staff
Press contact
Charlotte Nourse 020 77244300 charlotte@theshowroom.org
Public Discussion events:
Thursday 25 September 3–5.30pm: led by Opening Doors London
Friday 26 September 6–8.30pm: led by Manual Labours and Hamish MacPherson
Saturday 27 September 3–5.30pm: led by Sisters of Frida
THE SHOWROOM
63 Penfold Street - London NW8 8PQ