2008 marks the third edition of the “Festival of Emergent Arts”. What started in 2006 as the outcomes of post graduate research activity at the School has turned into captive moments of exposition, diverse dialogues, processes of experimentation and exploratory practice by over twenty artists throughout the summer weeks between July and September 2008. Events will take place in multiple sites at the School's premises from Monday 15th to Saturday 27th September.
On Saturday 20th September we invite you to join us for a research day into Circus and Clown Performance: Silent Objects/Speaking Subjects. Curated by artists John-Paul Zaccarini and Jon Davison, the various events throughout the day will bring together an ensemble of reknown international circus and clown artists to look into processes by which the artists are able to uncover, who they are and the intricacies of who they become ‘in performance’. Beneath the sparkling costumes, the distracting fusions or applications of mime, theatre and dance, the superfluous narratives laid over the event of circus and clown, there is a very real reason why ‘I’ do circus and clown in the first place, that can articulate itself only in the language spoken by the artist.
All events are free but spaces are limited so book in advance to avoid disappointment. You can reserve places by emailing infofea@cssd.ac.uk or by phone 020 7599 3999.
In/scissions, aurally, incision, a cut in the skin or the flesh, moment of acute perception that draws focus to internal workings, where/when there is no referent, no ‘other’ time or place but here. In-scission, the non-word read graphically, in-to separation, division, or splitting, as in fission, what makes each one one, always singular and particular, critically this and not another.
15th-27th September 2008
Central School of Speech and Drama
Embassy Theatre
Eton Avenue
London NW3 3HY
Embassy Theatre
Eton Avenue
London NW3 3HY
For information and to order a catalogue
For In/scissions 2008
Ana Sánchez-Colberg: Festival Curator, Course Leader Research Degrees
Alexandra Stone: Production Manager
Jessica Hartley: Creative Producer
Amanda Castro/Hayley Kasperczyk : Marketing and Publicity
Joe Fry: Publicity Designer
Mark McCullum: Rehearsal/Venue Coordinator
Vera Erenbourg: Front of House/Box Office
Ken Mizutani/Roberto Puzone: Media Services
Ian Bald: Technical Services
Dr Zachary Dunbar, Dr Jane Munro, Vicky Spanovangelis: Project Mentors
Tony O’Dowd/Robert Gunton: Estates
The festival board and participating artists would like to thank Adam Parker, Sam Cullen, Susan Emmanuel, Jacky Fisher and Peter Bingham for their help and support. Gun Roman, Lena Hammergren of the K-U Board, Ivar Heckscher of the Department of NyCirkus Danshögskolan Stockholm, and the Department of Composition and Conducting, The Royal College of Music, Stockholm for support that made the participation of the visiting Swedish artists possible.