“I bought the theatre ticket, was not given it -- and that I have tormented myself for two days with the idea of going to the theatre, of watching a theatrical performance, actors and behind all these actors to scent a miserable and stinking director (Mr. T.H!) and so on...but, above all, that I had changed for the theatre.” - Thomas Bernhard, Is it a Comedy? Is it a Tragedy? TABLE OF CONTENTS: No One Is Less Dead than Franz - Gelitin and Sarah Lucas in conversation with Kathy NobleKathy Noble acts as ringmaster for a zany and touching discussion about the influence of Franz West on the lives of Sarah Lucas and the artist collective Gelitin: the artists discuss alignments between their practices and the late Austrian artist, collaborations they undertook with him, and the Lucas/Gelitin collaboration at the Kunsthalle Krems in 2011. Farming in Europe: Four Character Studies- Calla Henkel, Pablo Larios, Max Pitegoff and Dena YagoCalla Henkel, Pablo Larios Max Pitegoff, and Dena Yago devise four character sketches for the debut play at New Theater, a Berlin theater space run by artists Henkel and Pitegoff that opens this fall: a story revolving around a failing restaurant, the figures who surround it, and their oblique acts of self-representation. Victory Against Time: Demonstrative Urgency of Performance in the State of Resistance - Sandra SkurvidaSandra Skurvida weaves a shimmering and lyrical portrait of performance and video practices in Iran and the wider Middle East, questioning the postion of artists and their work in a social framework where cultural institutions are perceived as, and probably are, instruments of repression and control. Six short plays about art and performance- Tim EtchellsArtist and writer Tim Etchells shares six new dialogues involving performance makers and podiums, invigilators and low budgets, things that disappear, the concrete floor, a Korean karaoke machine, and artists who would like to make a performance. A Theatrical Swirl Monika LipchitzCurator Monika Lipchitz spins the tale of an onstage exhibition, featuring trips to a Baltic supermarket, a stage light, her uncle and a fall from a Lithuanian proscenium. 18 down, 17 up: a pause with Maria HassabiChris FitzpatrickChris Fitzpatrick speaks with Maria Hassabi on a vaporetto about her Venice Biennale performance Intermission and intermissions- ending up two and a half hours away, thirty minutes later. Body Sketches for a Universal Stage Jennifer TeetsVirtual spirals, useful faking, and head-body banging are just a few of the metafictional conceits explored by curator and writer Jennifer Teets in a text that scrolls through recent performances by Darius Miksys, Ieva Miseviciute, Bouchra Ouizguen, and the farther reaches of the internet. Artist ProjectsKroOt JuurakTyler CoburnSarah Lucas Reviews Santiago Sierra - Raimar StangeAllen Ruppersberg - Chris SharpOscar Tuazon - John BeesonElemental - Lars- Erik Hjertstrom LappalainenJogging - A.E BenensonKorakrit Arunanondchai - Post BrothersLi Ran - Venus Lau Kristine Kemp - Laura McLean-FerrisRichard Hawkins - Andrew BerardiniMath Bass & Leidy Churchman - Olivian ChaChanna Horwitz - Sarah Lehrer-GraiwerJose Leon Cerrillo - Gabriela JaureguiMike Kelley - Filipa RamosJack Goldstein - Jon BywaterSubstance - Sabrina TarasoffJesper Just - Gitanjali DangSubTehran - Vakhtang UrushadzeoO - Fatos Ustek
