Roysdon E., By Any Other Name/ Uncounted*, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam, 2014
This publication is one of four volumes presenting the performance commissions developed within If I Can't Dance's Edition V – Appropriation and Dedication (2013–2014).
By Any Other Name/ Uncounted* marks a temporal turn within Emily Roysdon’s thought and work. Following the territorial impasses of the Occupy movement in New York, Roysdon questioned what it might mean to claim and occupy time as a gesture both within private experience and in institutional constructions. Throughout the phases of the project Roysdon deployed the novel term ‘discomposition’ in order to access a zone in which to work, to create, and above all in which to collaborate. The performance consisted of a cast of accomplices presenting a textual score; spoken, sung and otherwise voiced aloud. The piece took place on an ongoing basis, weaving through events at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Playground Festival Leuven and If I Can’t Dance’s Performance Days in Amsterdam in November 2015. Emily Roysdon's volume includes the original textual score to her new performance.
- By Any Other Name/ Uncounted*Edited by Emily Roysdon, Vivian ZiherlSeries edited by Frédérique BergholtzDesigned by Maureen Mooren with Karlis KrecersPublished by If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, 2014Distribution by Idea BooksISBN: 978-94-92139-03-0Order from If I Can’t Dance via shop@ificantdance.orgPrice: €5,–
- A collection of four volumes presenting the performance commissions developed within If I Can't Dance's Edition V – Appropriation and Dedication (2013–2014).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 instalments, 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 instalments, a selection of images by Jeff Weber and Ayako Ayobori, an annotated bibliography and part of the musical score to Mihaylova’s performance A Song, written with composer Lisa Holmqvistz.By Any Other Name / *UncountedWith 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.Order from If I Can't Dance via shop@ificantdance.orgPrice: €5,– per volume or €15,– for the collection of four.
LAUNCH NEW PUBLICATIONS
27 November 2014Publications Commissions and Performance in Residence
Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Snejanka Mihaylova, Emily Roysdon, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Sven Lütticken, Grant Watsonperformance 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, Amsterdam
