Here is a series of videos I have been using to talk about video epistemology in relation to embodied research. I am sharing them here as they may be useful to anyone...
Project: Judaica Song: ‘Hineh ma tov’ Director: Maiada Aboud Practitioner: Ben Spatz Date: 23 March 2017 Venue: The MAC, Birmingham Performance Duration: 5...
‘Much recent thinking about performance documentation has coalesced around an apparent opposition between the relative stability of the document and the...
[These talks were given on 8 February 2017 to launch the new Journal of Embodied Research. The transcript has been edited for clarity. For any quotations please use the...
Hineh ma tov u’ma-nayim Shevet ach-im gam ya-chad “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Sung with phase...
Duration: 4:02 Practitioners: Ben Spatz, Ilona Krawczyk, Siobhan Harrison and many others Procession Direction, Puppet Creation, and Video Editing: Adam Strickson Venue:...
I was very grateful to be invited by Esa Kirkkopelto to present both my theoretical and practical research at University of the Arts Helsinki last month. On the morning...
Duration: 2:11 Song: Suicide Waltz from La Voix humaine Practitioners: Francesca Placanica and Ilona Krawczyk Director: Ben Spatz Date: 13 January 2017 Venue: Centre for...
Project: En-Gendering Monodrama Duration: 1:37 Practitioners: Francesca Placanica, Ilona Krawczyk Direction: Ben Spatz Venue: Centre for Psychophysical Performance...
Between 2005 and 2012, I focused on working with songs that could not be clearly identified as belonging to any particular cultural tradition. Nevertheless, I was...
