Brunel Seminar 09: Adrian Heathfield "Being in Relation

February 11, 2009 Drama Studio 16:oo-17:30 pm Adrian Heathfield (Roehampton University, School of Arts) “Being in Relation” In this talk Heathfield discusses the aesthetics of duration and questions the models of time through which performance art has predominantly been interpreted. Taking as its starting point Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano's Art/Life One Year Performance (1983-1984) in which the artists were tied together for an entire year without touching, Heathfield explores the question of what it means to be in relation. Tracing this problematic back through the co-ordinates of early performance art, the talk emphasizes the dynamics of movement and affect inherent in such relations and their ethical import. This reading then forms the ground for an interrogation of contemporary debates around the cultural value of "relational aesthetics". Adrian Heathfield is a writer and curator working on and in the scenes of live art and performance. He is Professor of Performance and Visual Culture at Roehampton University, London. His latest book, Out of Now: The Lifeworks of Tehching Hsieh, is published by LADA and the MIT Press in March 2009. The Centre broadcasts selected Performance Research Seminars live from the Brunel Drama Studio - making them available to anyone in the world interested in the subject. Johannes Birringer and Marlon Barrios Solano are co-producing the talks and discussions as live webcasts webcast live on dance tech net TV . The partnership between the Centre and dance-techTV, is an experiment in collaborative video broadcasting (the channel is dedicated to interdisciplinary explorations of the performance of movement. The channel allows worldwide 24/7 linear broadcasting of selected programs, LIVE streaming and Video On-demand).

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