The key contribution of my research lies in the development of a practical methodology for transdisciplinary and intermedial dance practice, which I have termed the Performance Projection Paradigm (PPP). This methodology is designed to enable a real-... Read More about The Performance Projection Paradigm: An Exploration of a Dialogue Between the Moving Body and Projected Image, Through Improvisation.
All Outputs (35)
BOBBY LUNCH IS DARKNESS expanded complementary PAR statement (2024)
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Expanded complementary writing reflecting on the multi-output PAR project, including insights assembled and gleaned for a presentation for Storytellers and Machines (2024 conference at Manchester Metropolitan University) and the overall, 3-stage proc... Read More about BOBBY LUNCH IS DARKNESS expanded complementary PAR statement.
BOBBY LUNCH IS DARKNESS timeline (2024)
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Research timeline for PAR project BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS.
Ten Steps for Writing:Performing with AI - workshop activity accompanying BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS (2024)
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Workshop outline from "Making Friends with the Ghost in the Machine" workshop/engagement activity delivered at Harris Museum & Gallery (Preston) as part of Arts Lancashire's Encounter Festival on 27/09/21, and again at Dukes Theatre 09/05/2022.
BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS full video (2024)
Digital Artefact
Matthews, A. E. (2024). BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS full video. [Video]Full video of BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS, commissioned by Arts Lancashire / Encounter Festival in 2021 and screened at Harris Museum & Art Gallery (Preston).
Performers: Tom Halls & Ali Matthews
DOP/Edit: Georgiana Ghetiu
Music: Ali Matthews
BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS annotated score (2024)
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Annotated score/script for BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS.
Bobby, Lunch is Darkness: 300 word statement (2024)
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300 word statement explicating the questions, methods, findings and outputs generated from the PAR project BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS (2021-2024).
Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic (full show recording) (2024)
Digital Artefact
Matthews, A. E. Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic (full show recording). [Video]This is a full recording of Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic, filmed at the show's premiere run at The Lowry on 26th October 2023 by The Lowry's production team, then edited by Georgiana Ghetiu.
The ballad of Isosceles at Sensored Festival, Contact Theatre, Manchester (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
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.
Item 1: Ballad of Isosceles 300 word statement (2019)
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300-word statement for Ballad of Isosceles portfolio.
Item 8: Phase Three Output (The Ballad of Isosceles in VR -360 film) (2019)
Digital Artefact
A piece of 360/VR film documentation expanding on the original live version of The Ballad of Isosceles.
Directed by Adam York Gregory in collaboration with Dr. Alison Matthews
Sound: Luke Harrison
Light: Martin Langthorne
Performers: Alison Mat... Read More about Item 8: Phase Three Output (The Ballad of Isosceles in VR -360 film).
Item 3: Annotated Written Reflection on Three Phases of Project (2019)
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A written reflection on each of the project's three phases, with annotated signposting to corresponding outputs elsewhere in the portfolio.
Item 10: Appendix (2019)
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An appendix containing transcribed interviews with two key collaborators, Adam York Gregory (filmmaker) and Luke Harrison (sound engineer). Approved by official ethics committee and professionally transcribed.
I have also included a 'test' poster fo... Read More about Item 10: Appendix.
Static video record of new lighting design and scenographic approach to Ballad of Isosceles in February 2019 at SLAP Festival, implementing the changes detailed in Item 7.
The Ballad of Isosceles Artist's Pages (published in Performance Research) (2019)
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A peer-reviewed publication of the annotated performance script/score of 'Ballad of Isosceles' including commentary and photo documentation of key restaged moments.
READ FIRST (2019)
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Table of contents for Ballad of Isosceles research portfolio.
Item 2: Research Timeline (2019)
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Research timeline for Ballad of Isosceles project, 2015-2019.
Annotated score, written reflection and photo documentation published in peer-reviewed publication Performance Research reflecting on the Ballad of Isosceles's first phase of research.
Item 5: Phase One Photo Documentation (2019)
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A sets of photos documenting the set of interactions at play in Ballad of Isosceles. Shot by Jason Kenny of Mercurial Creative; featuring Séan Fitton and James Mackie.
Item 9: Phase Three Documentation (Shooting Script for VR/360 Film Document) (2019)
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A storyboard/shooting script used for our studio film shoot for The Ballad of Isosceles in VR (June 2019, New Adelphi Studio Theatre).