Event for a Stage
Synopsis
Artist Tacita Dean, and actor Stephen Dillane presented a live theatrical happening performed over four nights at the 2014 Sydney Biennial, with two 16mm cameras rolling on each occasion. Dillane changed elements of his appearance each night and, snatching pages from Dean who was seated in the front row, recited Shakespeare, popular texts and personal stories, whilst also announcing adjustments in the camera set-ups and the changing of reels. Dean has returned to this tense scenario and cut into the material according to the systemic logic that emerged over the course of the serialised performance, inscribing changes in time and space, illustrating or actualising a form of deep choreography- LFF
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Experiementa Strand
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 50 mins
- Director
- Tacita Dean
- Producer
- Tacita Dean
- Screenwriter
- Tacita Dean
- Director of Photography
- Jamie Cairney
- Sound
- Sound Design: Hayley Forward
- Principal Cast
- Stephen Dillane
- Co-commissioned by
- Carriageworks and the 19th Biennale of Sydney in Association with ABC RN. With additional support of Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery New York/Paris
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 29th September 2015
