Adaptation through interdisciplinarity: working at the intersection of theatre, film and performance art
Pack with discount:
Alberto Cortés + Anna Breckon & Nat Randall = 480 €
Total hours: 16 h
Contact: obrador@salabeckett.cat
The Australian creators of The Second Woman, one of the most outstanding shows of this GREC, arrive at Sala Beckett to teach a workshop on how to transform literary and theatrical texts through performance art or film techniques.
Our collaborative practice works at the intersection of film, theatre and performance art. We look at how different disciplines and mediums can be brought together to generate new forms. In this workshop, we are going to look at scenes from several English literary and theatrical texts and explore how they might be transformed through performance art or the incorporation of film and video techniques. Through practical experimentation, we will consider the way in which video in live performance can move beyond the supplementary to transform the temporal, spatial and emotional dynamics of the theatre. For those interested in performance art, we investigate the ways in which genres and methods of performance art can be brought together with text-based theatre to create alternative structures of desire to those motivated by story. The workshop will conclude with short group presentations of a scene. The aim of these presentations is to test questions rather than present answers, to approach with an eye to experimentation rather than results.
This workshop is designed for actors, directors, and solo performance and theatre makers who are interested in creating works in an on the ground collaborative context.
Within the GREC 2024 Festival de Barcelona.
Pack Alberto Cortés + Anna Breckon and Nat Randall
Anna Breckon and Nat Randall are interdisciplinary artists that work at the intersection of theatre, film, and performance art. Their works to date include Set Piece, The Second Woman, Rear View, Piece of Work, 3 Scenes and On Record. Their critically acclaimed The Second Woman has been presented around the world and is to be presented at Holland Festival and GREC Festival de Barcelona in June and July 2024.
Nat Randall has presented work at major institutions, galleries and festivals nationally and internationally. In 2019 Randall, Breckon and Performing Lines were nominated for a Helpmann Award for ‘Best Production of a Play’ for The Second Woman. Randall is a founding member of art collective Hissy Fit and performance collective Team MESS. Through these collaborations she has presented work extensively across Australia. Randall studied at the University of Wollongong where she developed a breadth of performance practice including devised work, site specific practice and participatory work. Randall is currently on the Artistic Directorate at PACT Centre for Emerging and Experimental Artists.
Anna Breckon is an independent artist, film studies scholar and critic. Anna has worked as a director and writer for various projects presented at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Performance Space, Dark Mofo, Perth Festival, Adelaide Festival, Rising Festival, Sydney Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Weiwuying: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, LIFT Festival and The Young Vic. Anna has a PhD in queer and feminist film theory at The University of Sydney. Her thesis considers queer forms of happiness in a selection of contemporary auteur films. Anna has published on John Waters (2013) and Todd Solondz (2018) in Screen (Oxford University Press) and on Elizabeth Berkely’s performance in Showgirls (2024, Indiana University Press).
Admission to the course will be based on order of arrival and CV assessment, which should be sent (with photograph included), filling in the form on the right.
Places on courses are limited. Places will be reserved once the course amount has been paid. Payment must be made within one week of receiving the corresponding acceptance email.
The dates indicated for each course or seminar may be subject to variations in exceptional circumstances. These will be notified when applicable.
For the course to take place, a minimum number of students must be registered. If this number is not reached, the course will be cancelled and the student will have the option of registering for a different course (providing that there are places available) or alternatively will receive a refund of the amount paid (100%). If a student withdraws, a refund of 75% of the registration fee will be applicable, providing that written notice is given at least 10 days before the start of the course.