Saturday, 7 June 2014

the great warriors


NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
THE GREAT WAR IN PORTRAITS



The Rock Drill / Jacob Epstein / 1913 (first version)



2nd Lieutenant Gilbert S.M. Insall / Edward Newling / 1919



The Dead Stretcher-Bearer / Gilbert Rogers / 1919



La Miltailleuse / C.R.W. Nevinson / 1915


Thursday, 5 June 2014

houstoun: pact with pointlessness



Wendy Houstoun's
PACT WITH POINTLESSNESS
Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

'Asking the Big Questions: a philosophical piece of stupidity driven by an urgent sense of futility.'

  • the microphone
  • the fairy lights
  • the two 'red' chairs
  • the red fire bucket
  • the fire bucket grit
  • the mess
  • the projections
  • the scrolling text
  • the running in circles
  • the dance audience
  • seeing a director after 23 years!