Shizengaku

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posted on 2025-10-21, 01:47 authored by Emma ReddingEmma Redding, John Drever, Tony Thatcher, Kobdish, L, Scudeletti, V

Project Shizengaku, a collaboration between Goldsmiths and Seian University of Art and Design, investigates through painting, sound art and theoretical illumination, issues arising from Aristotle’s separation of the natural world from man-made objects. This project will be holding two exhibitions, a symposium and a Dance-Sound-Visual Art collaborative show in February and March 2013.<p></p>

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URL - References https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=6321

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NTRO Output Type

Live Performance of Creative Work

NTRO Output Category

Live Performance of Creative Work : Dance

Place

London, UK

Venue

St James Hatcham New Cross

Start Date

2013-02-23

End Date

2013-03-01

Medium

Dance and sound site-specific performance

Research Statement

Choreographed by Tony Thatcher, with Emma Redding, Lisa Kobdish and Virginia Scudeletti (dancers) Images are short-lived, movement / dance, detailed and brief, yet at times still. The choreographic effect lies somewhere between looking at the paintings whilst being aware of movement and relationship before it. As dancers, the practice has been to experience oneself as (cylindrical) surfaces upon which to write and hold movement rather than to depict either kinetic or energetic representations. The working process consider the space before the three paintings, the choreography opening up ways where viewing becomes a dynamic and on going construction allowing for the dancing and the painting to be seen momentarily. Shizengaku, a site-specific project was a performance for members of the public, shown in a gallery space in New Cross, London across one week.

Size or Duration of Work

45 minutes

Affiliation

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK and Goldsmith's College London, UK