Research Output RR_03 is:
Reading Room_03: Bardsley v Maeterlinck: An Apian Paradox
(5-hours duration)
This Reading Room worked with an absent Reader by using a pre-recorded reading of Maeterlinck’s book, The Life of the Bee. It created responsive ‘bee’ worlds that offered a feminine ecology/economy of doing, pleasure and female bee-ing. The space became a hive party, inhabited by two worker-performers rewriting the Maeterlinck text with bee materials, actions and a sonic apian language utilizing two record decks and a selection of bee-related vinyl. Additional DJ/BJ’s entered the hive towards the end of the 5-hour ‘reading’. At this stage the audience were also invited to join in the hive-party.
RR_03 Team:
Actioneer/Female Bee-ing – Julia Bardsley
Actioneer/Female Bee-ing – Moa Johansson
DJ/BJ (Lisbon & Birmingham) – Andrew Poppy
DJ/BJ (Birmingham) – Owen G Parry
Reader – Grant Bardsley
Book/Text – The Life of the Bee (1901) by Maurice Maeterlinck
Presented at:
- Peopling the Palace(s) Festival, RR3 Arts One, QMUL 15th & 16th June 2018
- C.K. Karnart, Lisbon, Portugal 20th & 21st July 2019
- Fierce! Festival, Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham 20th October 2019
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RR_03: An Apian Paradox Performance Score (in BOX)