Rachel Cockburn
Abstract
The practice-based research enquiry examines the theatrical modes employed in articulating the problematics of autobiographical performance, in turn suggesting an alternative aesthetics placed within a phenomenological framework.
Studio-based experimentation is focused on the relationship between the performer’s presence (or lack thereof) within film, installation and live performance. Does the performing body presuppose an autobiographical narrative within performance? What performance strategies can be implemented to destabilise the narrative agent? What implications does this have for the notion of ethical and political agency?
Profile
Rachel initially trained in physical theatre at Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq, going on to co-devise and perform in a range of independent projects in Paris and London. Since completing her MA in 2006 she has developed a distinct practice, creating and performing in a variety of solo and collaborative projects involving film, photography, soundscape, physical performance and the internet.
Other research interests include philosophy and performance, politics of performance, installation, object theatre and site- specific practice.
Rachel is recipient of the Elsie Fogerty Studentship.
Productions
2010 creator, Born & Bred (video installation), London.
2009 devisor, performer, Three Score & Ten, Waterstone’s, London.
2009 devisor, performer, Coals to Newcastle, Hackney Wicked, London.
2009 performer, Ringside, Shoreditch Town Hall, London.
2008 creator, The Three Bears (video installation), Garden Rooms, Cairo.
2007 collaborator, Field, Chisenhale Dance Space, London.
2006 devisor, performer, Ten Green Bottles, Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
