The limitations of lockdown meant that MA/MFA students at Rose Bruford had to create online pieces to share their performative writing. Despite the challenges, I was amazed by the level of theatricality they achieved with just a laptop and some …
Tag: Performative Writing
Imagine…
Imagine browsing a bookshelf in a library or bookshop.
Now imagine a performace that browsed the world looking for audiences. It scans the shelves for peoplebooks, glancing at titlefaces.
Occasionally, an attractive fontface makes it stop.
Picking up the peoplebook, …
This body
Reading an extract of Kathy Acker’s Blood and Guts in High School, we stand around the room looking at Janey’s dream map.
We put the body of text on a mortuary slab and exhume it’s remains to make a …
Vade Mecum at Rose Bruford College
I teach a performative writing class on Rose Bruford’s MA in Actor and Performer Training. The activity of writing is considered performative in it’s capacity to create worlds out of language. The students are tasked with creating a Vade Mecum …