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Between 2014 and 2016, Quarantine produced the first iteration of
Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring., an epic quartet comprising two live performances, an installation and a film. The full quartet premiered at the Old Granada Television Studios in Manchester in March/April 2016. This illustrated volume is both a case study of the work and an investigation into the various themes surrounding it.
This book provides a unique insight into the work of one of the UK's most innovative and original theatre and performance companies, and the questions and issues that Quarantine's work inspires. At the heart of the quartet is the human life cycle and our relationship with time: the processes of living and dying, the experience of looking backwards and forwards, of being in the present, and of reflection on the stages of life.
The volume brings together a range of artists, producers and thinkers who have significant things to say about these important themes. Some were integral to the production of the quartet; some have been inspired by Quarantine's work; and some are internationally renowned experts on the issues at the heart of the production. The result is a publication that provides new and varied perspectives on Quarantine's most ambitious work, and on the human life cycle itself.
It will be attractive to those working in theatre and performance, to philosophers, psychologists, designers and architects and also to those outside of performance and academia. For we are all reflective, to some extent, about the process of living.
Sommario
Preface
Richard Gregory and Renny O'Shea 1 An interview with Simon Banham, Richard Gregory and Renny O'Shea, part one
Cristina Delgado-GarcíaSummer. 2 An interview with Simon Banham, Richard Gregory and Renny O'Shea, part two
Cristina Delgado-García 3 A programme note from
Summer. Cristina Delgado-García 4 Awkwardly placed: repeating scenographies
Simon Banham 5 Living things: material entanglements in Quarantine's
Summer. Joslin McKinney 6 Underscoring
Summer. Michael BaldwinAutumn.7 An interview with Simon Banham, Richard Gregory and Renny O'Shea, part three
Cristina Delgado-García 8 Looking back with regret
Carolyn Price 9 as at 5th Jan 2016, 2.30pm
Sonia Hughes 10 Entitled drinking in a changing world
Biray Kolluoglu and Zafer Yenal 11 Turning into darkness
Martin Elfert Winter.12 An interview with Simon Banham, Richard Gregory and Renny O'Shea, part four
Cristina Delgado-García 13 Illness, suffering, death: a philosophical conversation between Michael Brady and Havi Carel
Michael Brady and Havi Carel 14
Winter. A Reflection
Rachel Davies 15 Sharing in
Winter.: film, participatory practice and the art of dying
Michele Aaron 16 Processing
Winter. Sarah Hunter and Lisa Mattocks Spring.17 An interview with Simon Banham, Richard Gregory and Renny O'Shea, part five
Cristina Delgado-García 18 Wu Jin: recipes for jam and survival
Rania Ho 19 Worry and hope among future parents
Travis Rieder 20 From hope to care: some reflections on hope in a post hope world
Mary Zournazi 21 Gloria
Leentje Van de Cruys
List of contributors
Info autore
Simon Banham is Reader in Scenography and Theatre Design at Aberystwyth University. He is a founder member of Quarantine, and has created the scenography for all their productions since 1998.
Michael Brady is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, and philosopher-in-residence for Quarantine.
Sarah Hunter makes and produces theatre and visual art. She has worked regularly with Quarantine as an artist, producer, and researcher.
Renny O'Shea is a co-founder of Quarantine, and has worked as director and dramaturg on many of their projects.
Riassunto
This illustrated collection documents Quarantine’s large scale performance work, Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring., together with a collection of writings from many different disciplines and perspectives on its various themes, specifically regarding the human life cycle and human relationships to time. -- .
