Most previous writings on musical exoticism reflect the unspoken assumption that a work is perceived by the listener as exotic only if it incorporates distinctively foreign or otherwise highly unusual elements of musical style. This “Exotic Style Only” Paradigm often proves revelatory, especially for purely instrumental works. In operas and oth…[Read more]

This is the book of abstracts for the 2009 Theatre & Performance Research Association (TaPRA) conference, held at the University of Plymouth, UK. Over 200 delegates were welcomed at this conference, which took place from 7-9 September 2009 in the Roland Levinsky Building. International Guests: Professor Susan Bennett (University of Calgary) and…[Read more]

An essay that weaves historical perspectives with a unique interpretation of Kerensa Dewantoro’s performance art of Menjahit Marat Sade/ Sewing Marat Sade in Urban Kampong Dago Pojok, Bandung-Indonesia

My sonic work “City Noise” proposes both an artistic and a theoretical approach to the city-sound relationship. The default assumption about this relationship is that sounds reflect a one-to-one relationship between soundscape and landscape, both drawing upon and revealing the physical and social landscapes from which they originate. However, the…[Read more]

Since the end of the prohibition of Chinese New Year celebrations, the night sky of towns and cities across Indonesia has been illuminated with fireworks on the eve of Chinese New Year. Most notably, the traditional street parades and accompanying festival on the fifteenth day of the New Year have been growing in size in a number of West…[Read more]

My sonic work “City Noise” proposes both an artistic and a theoretical approach to the city-sound relationship. The default assumption about this relationship is that sounds reflect a one-to-one relationship between soundscape and landscape, both drawing upon and revealing the physical and social landscapes from which they originate. However, the…[Read more]

Since the end of the prohibition of Chinese New Year celebrations, the night sky of towns and cities across Indonesia has been illuminated with fireworks on the eve of Chinese New Year. Most notably, the traditional street parades and accompanying festival on the fifteenth day of the New Year have been growing in size in a number of West…[Read more]

Illustration as part of art works has often been considered a form of low art, but as it has progressively become more developed, it has established a decent place in the art community. Through this paper, the authors have tried to apply a primarily participatory research method, including participant observation, deep interview, and literature…[Read more]

Illustration as part of art works has often been considered a form of low art, but as it has progressively become more developed, it has established a decent place in the art community. Through this paper, the authors have tried to apply a primarily participatory research method, including participant observation, deep interview, and literature…[Read more]

This interview with Rachel Mars was originally published by The Lark on 19 April 2017 as part of a blog salon, curated by Caridad Svich, called “Stages of Resistance.” The series reflected on themes related to political and aesthetic resistance in the making work for live performance. http://www.larktheatre.org/blog/our-carnal-hearts/

This book chapter analyses the experience of seeing two performances – La Fura dels Baus’s production of XXX and Ron Athey’s Solar Anus – during the first half of 2003, through the lenses of eroticism, death and visual theatricality.

This text was written and presented to introduce a screening of Sarah Polley’s 2012 film, ‘Stories We Tell’ on 22 February 2016 as part of the Peninsula Arts Women & Cinema season. It was published as a blog by The Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth on 25 February 2016:…[Read more]

A blog post on the performing body, presence and toxicity, reflecting on the deaths of Prince, Amy Winehouse, G.G. Allin and Whitney Houston. Published on the University of Plymouth’s Arts Institute blog, 6 May 2016: http://blogs.plymouth.ac.uk/artsinstitute/2016/05/06/feature-performing-the-toxic-body/

A blog post for the University of Plymouth’s Arts Institute on the French circus company, Archaos (published 9 July 2016): http://blogs.plymouth.ac.uk/artsinstitute/2016/07/09/feature-remembering-archaos-circus-with-attitude/

This is the final manuscript version of a chapter about Lynn Hershman’s Roberta Breitmore project, published in Susan Broadhurst & Josephine Machon (eds.), Identity, Performance and Technology: Practices of Empowerment, Embodiment and Technicity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 126-141.

An introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]

In The Burns Antiphoner – From manuscript to interactive resource, Anna Kijas reports on a new project based around a 14th-century source, the Burns Antiphoner. In this project they focus on integrating and delivering images, metadata, and recorded audio and video to provide an in-depth look at the contents and experience of this particular s…[Read more]

In 1984 I published a chapter on the art song, simply entitled “Song,” in my first book, Music and Poetry: The Nineteenth Century and After (University of California Press). The chapter aimed to replace the traditional understanding of song as a harmonious fusion of words and music. The chapter has had a fortunate reception, but as time has run…[Read more]

A short article reflecting on the relationship of Schubert’s songs to the culture of modernity, with reference to the author’s 1985 article “The Schubert Lied.” Includes an account of the song “Wanderers Nachtled.”