Research Output RR_03 is:

Reading Room_03: Bardsley v Maeterlinck: An Apian Paradox

(5-hours duration)

This Reading Room worked with an absent Reader by using a pre-recorded reading of Maeterlinck’s book, The Life of the Bee. It created responsive ‘bee’ worlds that offered a feminine ecology/economy of doing, pleasure and female bee-ing. The space became a hive party, inhabited by two worker-performers rewriting the Maeterlinck text with bee materials, actions and a sonic apian language utilizing two record decks and a selection of bee-related vinyl. Additional DJ/BJ’s entered the hive towards the end of the 5-hour ‘reading’. At this stage the audience were also invited to join in the hive-party.

RR_03 Team:

Actioneer/Female Bee-ing – Julia Bardsley

Actioneer/Female Bee-ing – Moa Johansson

DJ/BJ (Lisbon & Birmingham) – Andrew Poppy

DJ/BJ (Birmingham) – Owen G Parry

Reader – Grant Bardsley

Book/Text – The Life of the Bee (1901) by Maurice Maeterlinck

Presented at:

• Peopling the Palace(s) Festival, RR3 Arts One, QMUL 15^th & 16^th June 2018
• C.K. Karnart, Lisbon, Portugal 20^th & 21^st July 2019
• Fierce! Festival, Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham 20^th October 2019

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RR_03: An Apian Paradox Performance Score (in BOX)