- LAUNCH NEW PUBLICATIONS27 November 2014
Publications Commissions and Performance in Residence
Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Snejanka Mihaylova, Emily Roysdon, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Sven Lütticken, Grant Watson× - COMMISSIONS SERIESDesign by Maureen Mooren,published by If I Can’t Dance
- The DrumheadWith an introduction outlining the new commission and the trajectory of the manuscript’s development, a selection of images, and redacted editorial correspondence with novelist Natasha Soobramanien (Genie and Paul, Myriad Editions) and If I Can’t Dance curator Vivian Ziherl.
- Mother Earth BreathingWith an introduction outlining the new commission, the trajectory of the commission installments, a selection of images and texts, and an essay by Nikos Papastergiadis (Professor for Cultural Studies and Media & Communications at the University of Melbourne).
- Inner StageWith an introduction outlining the new commission, the trajectory of the commission installments, a photograph by Jeff Weber, an annotated bibliography and part of the musical score to Mihaylova’s performance A Song, written with composer Lisa Holmqvistz.
- By Any Other Name / Uncounted*With an introduction outlining the new commission, the trajectory of the commission’s chapters, a selection of performance images and commissioned images by artist Babi Badalov, and the original textual score to Uncounted* by Emily Roysdon.
- Gregg Bordowitz
With an introduction outlining the research, a body of new poetic, reflective and epistolary texts by Gregg Bordowitz, and an appendix of reference materials including poetry and essays by Robert Duncan, a psychoanalytic text by Wilfred Bion, and poetry by Essex Hemphill and Ari Banias. - Jacob KorczynskiWith an introduction outlining the research, a research essay by Jacob Korczynski, a visual essay by Babette Mangolte, and a selection of materials from Korczynski’s research including fragments of writing by Lucy Lippard and photographs and texts of the 2013 Amsterdam interpretation of an instruction conceptualized by Lippard in 1969.
- Sven LüttickenWith an introduction outlining the research, a research essay by Sven Lütticken on the 2012 Amsterdam version of Lawler’s work A Movie Will Be Shown Without the Picture and Lawler’s ephemera; a selection of images from Louise Lawler; and written contributions by Debbie Broekers, Eve Dullaart and Daniël van der Poel.
- Grant WatsonHow We BehaveWith an introduction outlining the research, the original Vanity Fair interview with Michel Foucault conducted by Paul Rabinow and Hubert Dreyfus with photography by Alice Springs, interviews with scholars Leo Bersani and Paul Rabinow, an essay by curator Grant Watson featuring interview extracts from the research process as well as photographs from the original fifty interview subjects, and video stills from the final ten research participants.
- If I Can’t Dance's programme of artist commissions for Edition V – Appropriation and Dedication (2013–2014) presents new work by Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Snejanka Mihaylova and Emily Roysdon. If I Can’t Dance also continues its Performance in Residence programme in Edition V with four new research projects. These projects are structured to approach performance-related practices through production-led research and are being undertaken by Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Sven Lütticken and Grant Watson.These new Commissions and Performance in Residence projects are framed by our current edition that takes the notion of ‘appropriation and dedication’ as its field of research.
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performance days
27 November–3 December 2014Performance Days
Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Snejanka Mihaylova, Emily Roysdon, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Sven Lütticken, Grant Watson, and other guests to be announcedIf I Can't Dance at Ruysdaelkade 2, Amsterdamseminar
20 January 2013Appropriation and Dedication Seminar
Gerry Bibby, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, a work by Louise Lawler, Sven Lütticken, Helen Molesworth, Grant WatsonGoethe Institut, Amsterdam
