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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 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.