Gavin Butt
Catherine Grant, Gavin Butt, Gill Perry, Nina Power, Pamela Church-Giobson
10/12/2011
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Zabludowicz Collection Study Day Event
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On the occasion of Laurel Nakadate's solo exhibition at the Zabludowicz Collection, this half-day symposium examines the performance and representation of adolescence and sexuality in video and photography from the 1970s to present day. Speakers will discuss the apparent demise of feminism, the influence of consumerism and pop culture, exploitation and pornography and the ethics of collaboration...
Just a Camp laugh? David Hoyle's 'Magazine'
Gavin Butt
17/03/2007
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Tate Modern Study Day Event
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In this presentation Gavin Butt considers the place of the sincere speech act within the discourse of contemporary politics and performance. He is particularly concerned to highlight the ways in which such forms of speech may often 'misfire', either as we fail to believe in them or as they leave us cold. Gavin Butt also explores how such earnest forms of utterance have been playfully reworked in...
Discussion 8
Catherine Grant, Dorothy Rowe, Gavin Butt, Gill Perry, Kathy Battista, Melanie Manchot
25/06/2005
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Tate Modern Study Day Event
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You Cannot Be Serious!: Gender Performance and Queer Authenticity
Gavin Butt
25/06/2005
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Tate Modern Study Day Event
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Performance has often been approached as a sign of non-serious or value-less activity in the 20th and 21st century. For instance, in speaking pejoratively of someone as 'theatrical', we can see how performance is sometimes associated with a lack of authenticity, in this case by implying that they are exaggerated or affected, 'too much' to be taken seriously. Gavin Butt argues that this lack of...
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