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The ballad of Isosceles at Sensored Festival, Contact Theatre, Manchester (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Matthews, A. (2015). The ballad of Isosceles at Sensored Festival, Contact Theatre, Manchester. [Performance]. 25 June 2023. (Unpublished)

Eleven performances over six hours as part of a large festival. The Ballad of Isosceles is a one-to-one performance for two people at a time exploring voyeurism, the Lynchian iconography of the chanteuse, and the strange rhythms of vicarious p... Read More about The ballad of Isosceles at Sensored Festival, Contact Theatre, Manchester.

The ballad of Isosceles : artist's pages (2017)
Journal Article
Matthews, A. (2017). The ballad of Isosceles : artist's pages. Performance Research, 22(3), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2017.1348591

The triangle is no Gestalt. The real structures are intersubjective. They cannot be localized anywhere; the triangle has no reality anywhere; it is a systematic metaphor, systematically pursued.– René Girard The Ballad of Isosceles is a performa... Read More about The ballad of Isosceles : artist's pages.

Giving service and provoking rupture : the post-Fordist performer at work (2016)
Journal Article
Matthews, A. (2017). Giving service and provoking rupture : the post-Fordist performer at work. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 37(1), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2016.1252076

In this article, I examine my practice-as-research pieces What The Money Meant and SERVUS! in terms of how their design and delivery make visible those labour and exchange relations characteristic of late capitalism. After a brief introduction, I tak... Read More about Giving service and provoking rupture : the post-Fordist performer at work.

The ballad of Isosceles (Fix 15 biennale of live art, catalyst arts, Belfast) (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Matthews, A. The ballad of Isosceles (Fix 15 biennale of live art, catalyst arts, Belfast). [Performance and Artist's Talk]. 6 December 2015 - 7 December 2015. (Unpublished)

A three-hour durational performance and artist's talk around this project. The Ballad of Isosceles is a one-to-one performance for two people at a time exploring voyeurism, the Lynchian iconography of the chanteuse, and the strange rhythms of v... Read More about The ballad of Isosceles (Fix 15 biennale of live art, catalyst arts, Belfast).

‘What the money meant’ and the materiality of dollars (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Matthews, A. (2015, June). ‘What the money meant’ and the materiality of dollars. Presented at Colloquium for Artistic Research in the Performing Arts, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki Finland

In this presentation, I will discuss my recent practice-based scenographic investigation and performance 'What The Money Meant', shown at SITE 1/SAFLE 1 Festival at Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Wales) and Chelsea Theatre (London). 'What The Money Meant'... Read More about ‘What the money meant’ and the materiality of dollars.

The libido-maker’s apprentice : working the window’s proscenium (2012)
Journal Article
Matthews, A. (2012). The libido-maker’s apprentice : working the window’s proscenium. Performing Ethos, 3(2), 121-137. https://doi.org/10.1386/peet.3.2.121_1

This article proposes that by focusing on the professional complications of working in one-to-one encounters outside of the nominally aesthetic realm, performance-makers and researchers might discover ways of either mimicking or rupturing the form’s... Read More about The libido-maker’s apprentice : working the window’s proscenium.

The best of both Worlds : a busker's opera - touring show
Exhibition / Performance
Matthews, A., & Burtin, L. (2016). The best of both Worlds : a busker's opera - touring show. [Performance (Touring 2016-2017)]. (Unpublished)

A touring performance exploring the experience of being an expatriate in the United Kingdom and the country's current attitudes towards value and social mobility. ACE funding is being sought for this project.

The best of both worlds : a busker's opera : Research and Development
Exhibition / Performance
Matthews, A., & Burtin, L. The best of both worlds : a busker's opera : Research and Development. [Performance and Artist's Talk]. (Unpublished)

This research and development project, funded by Arts Council England and supported by University of Salford, East Street Arts (Leeds), ARC Stockton and Emergency Festival (Z Arts and Word of Warning, Manchester), explores value and social mobility i... Read More about The best of both worlds : a busker's opera : Research and Development.