An introduction to the intimate performance of artists Jo Bannon, Tania El Khoury and Rosana Cade. Each artist introduces their artistic practice, with a specific focus on their intimate/one-to-one work, followed by a short Q&A. This talk took place over Zoom in January 2021, and was BSL interpreted. The talk and performance project was presented with partnership support from Contact Theatre and Islington Mill, and funded by Arts Council England.
By Jess Green in the New York Times. What does it mean to be touched by art? That question lingered in my mind — and on my skin — after I experienced “As Far as Isolation Goes,” a one-on-one theatrical encounter devised by Tania El Khoury and Basel Zaraa. For full article, visit here.
The IDS Public Lecture Series consists of lectures by artists, theorists, activists, designers, writers, curators and other practitioners involved in the arts from positions that embody an interdisciplinary approach or that imply new uses for disciplinary traditions. Each lecture is part of The Cooper Union’s Intra-Disciplinary Seminar (IDS). The seminar and series are organized by Leslie Hewitt and Omar Berrada.
To listen to the full interview with David Micklem, click here.
“Lebanese-British artist Tania El Khoury and I met when the Fusebox Festival curatorial team, of which I was a member, invited her to present her performance piece As Far As My Fingertips Take Me in 2018. The US was, and still is, engaged in an intense debate over the proposed building of an enormous wall—meant to keep immigrants out—along our Southern border.” To read the full interview with Anna Gallagher-Ross, click here.
Queer sound artist, musician and music curator Zosia Hołubowska shares their thoughts about Tania El Khourys “Gardens Speak” in a new edition of “Letters for later”. To read the full article, click here.
20 x 20: Artists reflect on 20 years of Live Art, Resonance radio series by Live Art Development Agency
20 artists reflect on 20 years of Live Art, marking LADA’s 20th anniversary in 2019. Each monthly programme involves two artists in dialogue. Visit thisisliveart.co.uk for more information.
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DRAFF publishes writing, imagery, and other material relating to the process of making performance, a living archive of developments in form. All material in DRAFF is contributed by artists working in theatre, dance and visual art. They regularly send their intrepid filmmaker José (also a DRAFF founder and theatre maker) to visit artists in their home city, to get inside the studio and their homes and record what they’re up to. They interviewed Live Artist Tania El Khoury as she was on residency in New York City.