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Being and Doing

198455mKen McMullen

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About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different performance artists from England and abroad collected from 1979 to 1983, amongst them: Tibor Hajas (Hungary), Rasa Todosijevic (Yugoslavia), Iain Robertson (Scotland), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Poland), Milan Knizak (Czechoslovakia), Natalia LL (Poland), Ewa Partum (Poland), Jan Mlcoch (Czechoslovakia), Sonia Knox (Northern Ireland), Jerzy Beres (Poland) and Stuart Brisley (England). The film also records the Haxey Hood and Padstow Hobbyhorse folk dances from Lincolnshire and Cornwall respectively.

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What is Being and Doing (1984) about?

About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different performance artists from England and abroad collected from 1979 to 1983, amongst them: Tibor Hajas (Hungary), Rasa Todosijevic (Yugoslavia), Iain Robertson (Scotland), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Poland), Milan Knizak (Czechoslovakia), Natalia LL (Poland),…

Who stars in Being and Doing?

Being and Doing stars Tibor Hajas (Himself (archive footage)), Dragoljub 'Raša' Todosijević (Himself (archive footage)), Iain Robertson (Himself (archive footage)), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Himself (archive footage)), Milan Knížák (Himself (archive footage)). The film was directed by Ken McMullen.

How long is Being and Doing?

Being and Doing has a runtime of 55 min and premiered in 1984.

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