Spinstren : Critical Text

2004 - 'halving angels: technology's poem' by Jools Gilson-Ellis & Richard Povall.

This article uses half/angel's art and performance practice to analyse ways in which digital technologies have altered processes of making work. It suggests that technology's impact might be in the poetic transformation of imagination. The article focuses in particular on half/angel's 2002 work, Spinstren.

Citation: Gilson-Ellis, Jools & Richard Povall. 'halving angels: technology's poem.' New Visions in Performance: The Impact of Digital Technologies. Colin Beardon & Gavin Carver (eds.) (Lisse, NL: Swets & Zeitlinger. 2004): 55 - 68

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2003 - 'Speaking and Dancing at the Same Time: An Interview with Jools Gilson-Ellis' by Diana Theodores.

This interview focuses on the collaborative partnership of Jools Gilson-Ellis and Richard Povall, as well as the work of developing choreography, writing and intelligent environments for half/angel's 1999 work The Secret Project and their 2002 work Spinstren. The interview also discusses the site specific installation underbreath (2002). Diana Theodores is Dance Writer in Residence at the Institute for Choreography & Dance.

Citation: Theodores, Diana. 'Speaking and Dancing at the Same Time: An Interview with Jools Gilson-Ellis.' Dancing on the Edge of Europe: Irish Choreographers in Conversation. Diana Theodores (ed.) (Cork: Institute for Choreography and Dance. 2003): 138 - 147

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