Falling is pervasive and so much part of our day-to-day existence as to be almost unconsciously experienced. While Western culture, for the most part, continues to resist falling, striving towards a morally underpinned verticality and uprightness. On Falling offers imaginative and wide-ranging encounters with the theme in performance practices and trans disciplinary contexts. The writings expose the act and art of falling, highlighting three interweaving threads: physical risk, cultural metaphor and promise of renewal. On Falling\u2019s narrative is paradoxical – falling can be a dangerous nihilistic or injurious experience and falling offers a resource for creative change, a pathway to curiosity.<\/p>\n
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Editorial : On Falling
\nEmilyn Claid, Ric Allsopp
\npp. i – iii
\nOn Falling
\nDavid Woods
\npp. 4 – 6
\nAct of Repair
\nNikki Heywood
\npp. 7 – 13
\nEcologies of Falling in Yosemite National Park
\nSally Ann Ness
\npp. 14 – 21
\nFalling Faint : On syncopated spectatorship and The Author
\nWendy Hubbard
\npp. 22 – 29
\nOn Not Falling : Philippe Petit and his walk between the Twin Towers
\nChloe Johnston
\npp. 30 – 35
\nFalling
\nAnn Cooper Albright
\npp. 36 – 41
\nRe-examining the Inevitable Rise
\nBlakely White-McGuire
\npp. 42 – 47
\nAn Anatomy of Falling
\nAmy Sharrocks
\npp. 48 – 55
\nThree Falls and the Event : Yves Klein, Bas Jan Ader and Tehching Hsieh
\nPia Brezav\u0161\u010dek
\npp. 56 – 62
\nAn Avant-garde Falling
\nCharlie Fox
\npp. 63 – 68
\nTheology After Bas Jan Ader
\nFrancisco Sousa Lobo
\npp. 69 – 72
\nCan I Let You Fall
\nEmilyn Claid
\npp. 73 – 82
\nPromises Promises : Falling and the best intentions and falling in the work of three live artists
\nMark Harvey
\npp. 83 – 90
\nVertigo: Redeeming the fall
\nCatherine James
\npp. 91 – 97
\nA Fall
\nPatrice Pavis
\npp. 98 – 106
\nOn Falling Ill
\nArseli Dokumac\u0131
\npp. 107 – 115
\nEx-ESMA : Memory as open source
\nGigi Ot\u00e1lvaro-Hormillosa
\npp. 116 – 123
\nDreaming Muscular Prowess through Falling : Censorship, puppets and mimicry
\nPeilin Liang
\npp. 124 – 132
\nA Performative Falling into the Cityscape : The weathering of the National Theatre’s exterior
\nHari Marini
\npp. 133 – 142
\nClumsy Creatures : Walter Benjamin in the bestiary of Edwina Ashton
\nSwen Steinh\u00e4user
\npp. 143 – 150
\nFalling into the River with Albert, Madeleine and James
\nKevin Mount
\npp. 151 – 159
\nOn the Theatrical Life of Pauses : Richard Maxwell’s Neutral Hero (review)
\nNatalie Alvarez
\npp. 160 – 164
\nNotes on Contributors
\npp. 165 – 166<\/p>\n\n\n