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Butterfly takes flight: the translocal circulation of creative practice.
- Source :
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Social & Cultural Geography . Nov2011, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p663-683. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This article analyses the relationship between artistic practice and mobility through a focus on the translocal circulation of theatre. It works against the assumption that art and its creative practices are tied to particular contexts. Instead I suggest that examining translocal connection provides a framework through which to consider how practices of art-making are emplaced and differentiated, whilst also encompassing physical and imaginative movement. I demonstrate this argument by examining the writing, casting, and staging of the play M. Butterfly in New York City, London and Singapore. I analyse how these creative practices were related to translocal travel, but also demonstrate that such activities spilled beyond the performance to reorganise socio-cultural relations. As a result, my analysis views creativity as an interrelated set of artistic and social processes. This article thus extends contemporary geographical work on art and performance in two ways: first, by considering how artistic practices draw upon, and are influenced by, spatially extensive flows of people, finance and ideas; and second, by considering the creative effects of artworks as they circulate through different contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ARTISTIC creation
*RHETORICAL theory
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14649365
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Social & Cultural Geography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 65643654
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2011.610235