This publication
concentrates on
Five Sisters, a
performance that French artist
Guy de Cointet (1934–1983) developed together
with Light and Space artist Eric Orr in 1982. In
Five Sisters the affective wellbeing of five women is explored as
they have changing, restless, encounters in their parental home, discussing
issues of wardrobe, suntan, health, exotic holidays, work and painting. The
play holds an exceptional place in de Cointet's oeuvre, as it presents a shift
in his attention to the emotional quality of objects towards light and colour.
This book is the
outcome of an extensive research project around the restaging of this
performance that took place in the frame of If I Can't Dance's Performance in
Residence programme. Following the re-making process, the first presentation in
2011 and the ensuing tour, this book reflects the research questions that
emerged around the meaning, sources, and context of the original performance
and its restaging, with contributions by Marie de Brugerolle, Snejanka
Mihaylova, Elizabeth Orr, an excerpt from de Cointet's script and an annotated
interview by Vivian Ziherl with performers Violeta Sanchez, Einat Tuchman, Adva
Zakai, and Veridiana Zurita.
Edited by Tanja Baudoin and Frédérique Bergholtz
Distributed by Idea Books
Printed by Cassochrome, Belgium
Published by If I Can't Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, 2014
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