mouthplace : Critical Text

2003 - 'Mouth Ghosts: The Taste of the Os-Text' by Jools Gilson-Ellis.

This article uses half/angel's art and performance practice to propose a radical connection between femininity and orality. The article is written in a performative style and focuses in particular on half/angel's 1997 work mouthplace, and their 1999 work The Secret Project.

Citation: Gilson-Ellis, Jools. 'Mouth Ghosts: The Taste of the Os-Text.' Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women. Lizbeth Goodman & Jane de Gay (eds.) (Bristol: Intellect. 2003): 153 - 175

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1998 - 'Get Your Feminism off My Floppy: Seedy ROMs and Technical Tales' by Jools Gilson-Ellis.

This article focuses on the collision of femininity, technology and performance during the 1990s, analysing three examples of art works made on CD-ROM; half/angel's mouthplace (1997), Adriene Jenik's Mauve Desert (1996), and Laurie Anderson's Puppet Motel (1995).

Citation: Gilson-Ellis, Jools. 'Get Your Feminism off My Floppy: Seedy Roms and Technical Tales.' Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender and Performance. Maya Chowdhry and Nina Rapi (eds.) (New York: Haworth Press. 1998): 95 - 109, and in The Journal of Lesbian Studies . 1998, 2 (2/3): 95 - 109

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1996 - 'Adding Video into the (Real) Time Domain' by Richard Povall.

This article discusses the use of video as a performance medium, concentrating on interactive digital video used synchronously with realtime interactive audio. Case studies include an analysis half/angel's CD-ROM mouthplace (1997), here still in the development stage and called 'mouth.' The article describes the technical and thematic demands of making this work.

Citation: Povall, Richard. 'Adding Video into the (Real) Time Domain.' Organised Sound . 1996, 1 (2): 93 - 106.

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