theatre – Alison J Carr

*A Place To Perform (Because Other Places Were Inhospitable),* 2019
70 cm x 35 cm
Giclee photograph on smooth white cotton paper

Bubikopf is an art history lecture on gender that morphs. An examination of women in the modernity of the Weimar Republic with new opportunities to be independent in the city, to go to art school, perform in cabarets. Weaving together gendered forms of feminine visibility this piece spotlights and speculates women’s entertaining, creative and Avant Garde work.

*Ascending A Staircase, Library Theatre, Sheffield, 1934,* 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, City Varities, Leeds, 1865,* 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, North Pier Theatre, Blackpool,1863,* 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Stockport Plaza, Stockport, 1932,* 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Victoria Theatre, Halifax, 1901,* 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Pendle Hippodrome, Pendle, 1914*, 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Lyceum, Sheffield, 1897*, 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Pomegranate, Chesterfield, 1879*, 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Darlington Hippodrome, Darlington, 1907*, 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

*Ascending A Staircase, Penistone Paramount, Penistone, 1914*, 2019
Giclee print on white cotton rag paper, edition of 5, 84 cm x 84 cm
Edition of 15, 34 cm x 34 cm

Left to right: *Manifesto*, 2017, *Ascending A Staircase, Library Theatre, Sheffield*, 2018, *Ascending A Staircase, City Varieties*, Leeds

Rowan Bailey put together the first show at the Market Gallery as part of the Temporary Contemporary collaboration between the University of Huddersfield and Kirklees Council and the Huddersfield covered market. Space, Place Action brought together the research staff at the university. I used the opportunity to test out my new series of theatre interior photographs, Ascending A Staircase.

My work will be in Act II and Act III of S1 Member’s Show, Three Act Structure at S1 Artspace, Sheffield. Act II is open 6th August–23rd August and Act III which is a re-mix of Acts I and II featuring all of the works is open 27th August–13th September. The opening of the whole show was on 11th July, and now there is a programme of events that will take place during the subsequent Acts.

In particular there will be a publication and print portfolio launch on Friday 15th August and a screening and performance event on Saturday 6th September. For the latter I am working on a new performance.

I’ll post more about the up-coming events–it’s a very exciting project to be involved in!

Theatre Interiors with Text, 2010
S1 Artspace

I tested out some new, large work on the walls of the old S1 Artspace before we moved. My supervisors and I discussed the work and I stepped in and showed the work to my students in my crit group when the student showing texted me concussed in hospital. The work is an ongoing pairing of theatre interior and text bios. The bios are sourced from 1930s cigarette cards or online web presences. The work represents the public viewing spaces of the showgirl and theorists connected to my research.