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LAuA AnLhologles are Lhemed collecLlons of performance documenLaLlon and works
for camera LhaL Lhe Agency has been lnvlLed Lo curaLe for publlc programmes ln Lhe
uk and lnLernaLlonally.
urawlng on maLerlals housed ln LAuA's SLudy 8oom and documenLaLlon publlcly
avallable onllne, Lhe maLerlals were orlglnally presenLed as lllusLraLed Lalks, Lhen
caLalogued as LAuA AnLhologles.

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Llve ArL dlsrupLs all klnds of borders, from Lhe culLural Lo Lhe geo-pollLlcal. 1he
!"#$%&'() +'&,%& -&')).#$) /0.12 12"#3) 1' 4(.55%&6' 476%89:%;"< lllusLraLed
presenLaLlon looked aL some key arLlsLs and acLlons from Lhe lasL decade and
hlghllghLed a small selecLlon of cllps from pro[ecLs addresslng lssues of
borders/border crosslngs Lhrough real Llme, experlenLlal and conLexL speclflc works.

1hls screenlng Look place aL =2% =%&6.#"5 on SaLurday 26Lh CcLober 2013 ln London,
presenLed by SomeLhlng Puman. =2% =%&6.#"5 was a duraLlonal Llve ArL pro[ecL LhaL
referenced Lhe holdlng areas aL border [uncLlons across Lhe world. lor 34 hours,
arLlsLs from dlfferenL culLural backgrounds and pracLlces creaLe arL and performance
LogeLher, under resLralned clrcumsLances and consLanL survelllance.
hLLp://Lhe-Lermlnal.org/



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La ocha nosLra are an ever growlng cross-dlsclpllnary arLs organlzaLlon founded ln
1993 by Culllermo-Comez-ena, 8oberLo SlfuenLes and nola Marlano ln Los Angeles.
1hey work from Lhe deslre Lo cross and erase dangerous borders lncludlng Lhose
beLween arL and pollLlcs, arL pracLlce and Lheory, arLlsL and specLaLor - ulLlmaLely Lo
dlssolve borders and myLhs of purlLy wheLher Lhey be speclflc Lo culLure, eLhnlclLy,
gender or language.


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=' 12% >2?126 '@ 12% A0.#$ Look place over Lhe 1l[uana, Mexlco and San ulego,
unlLed SLaLes border wall. lL was parL of Low Llves: Cccupy!, a presenLaLlon of LhlrLy-
slx performance arLlsLs, Cccupy groups, and arLlsL collecLlves locaLed worldwlde ln
solldarlLy wlLh Cccupy Wall SLreeL and Lhe Cccupy movemenL. arLlclpanLs expanded
Lhe reach and vlslblllLy of Lhe Cccupy proLesLs by broadcasLlng Lo an lnLernaLlonal
audlence communlLy.



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lnsplred by Lhe LradlLlonal 'human cannonball' clrcus performer, !avler 1ellez
explores Lhe noLlon of spaLlal and menLal borders ln Lhe conLexL of 1l[uana and San
ulego by sendlng a 'human cannonball' across Lhe border beLween Mexlco and Lhe
unlLed SLaLes.


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,3@1<9@15 #39/0 ,3@1<=9/0 D3?9<9G.? 8./ 61G3@1 D31<9G :HIIJF

ln 1993, Alys reallsed an acLlon ln So aolo called =2% B%"3 ln whlch he walked from
a gallery, around Lhe clLy, and back lnLo Lhe gallery Lralllng a drlbbled llne from an
open can of blue palnL. 1hls acLlon was reprlsed ln 2004 when he chose Lo make a
work ln !erusalem. uslng green palnL, Alys walked along Lhe armlsLlce border, known
as 'Lhe green llne', pencllled on a map by Moshe uayan aL Lhe end of Lhe war
beLween lsrael and !ordan ln 1948. 1hls remalned Lhe border unLll Lhe Slx uay War ln
1967 afLer whlch lsrael occupled alesLlnlan-lnhablLed LerrlLorles easL of Lhe llne.


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AfLer adverLlslng on Lhe ArLSchool alesLlne webslLe for a alesLlnlan arLlsL wlLh
whom Lo collaboraLe, Ashery was approached by Lhe 8amallah-based arLlsL,
lllusLraLor and renowned archlLecL Sameh Aboushl. Aboushl and Ashery susLalned a
long emall exchange over many monLhs, unLll Lhey meL aL Calandla CheckpolnL and
spenL Llme LogeLher ln 8amallah. C%D%))"&? E'(&#%? charLs Ashery's meeLlng wlLh
Aboushl, as well as oLher fooLage lncludlng Ashery's faLher searchlng for hls
grandparenLs' shoe shop ln Lhe Musllm quarLer of !erusalem's old clLy.


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arL lnLerrogaLlon and parL rlLual, F'( "&% 2%&%GH(1 02%&% "6 IJ ls an lnLlmaLe one
Lo one lnLervenLlon LhaL happens ln Lhe (Lerror)Lory beLween here and Lhere, wlLhln
Lhe border of assporL ConLrol. Crlglnally commlssloned by LAuA and 8luecoaL for
Llverpool 8lennlal 2002.


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C'12.#$ 1' !%D5"&% ls a research-based lecLure performance LhaL explores borders
wlLhln Lebanon, Lhose beLween Lebanon and lLs nelghbors, and across Lhe Arab
world. 1he ldea ls LhaL 3 women who go under Lhe name of ulcLaphone Croup
declded Lo Lake a [ourney along Lhe abandoned Lraln Lracks of Lebanon. 1helr
sLarLlng polnL was a derellcL sLaLlon ln 8elruL, and conLlnued as each one of Lhem seL
off on a dlfferenL Lrlp followlng one of Lhe Lhree Lraln Lracks. 1helr Lravels revealed
pasL and presenL uses of Lhese Lracks and Lhe sLaLlons LhaL doLLed Lhem. Some were
abandoned. CLhers were Lurned lnLo makeshlfL houslng. Some had Lhe marklngs of
belng converLed lnLo mlllLary bases and LorLure chambers.


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oshya kakll graduaLed from Lhe College of llne ArLs ln Lrbll ln 2009 and ls one of
Lhe mosL lnfluenLlal younger generaLlon of female performance arLlsLs from lraql
kurdlsLan. kakll's arL dlrecLly explores her ldenLlLy as a kurdlsh woman llvlng ln lraq.
Per performances explore her llved reallLy and reflecL sysLems of klnshlp, gender,
rellglon, barrlers and borders. +'&,%&5.#% ls lncluded on kakll's K#.11.#$ I&'# uvu,
whlch feaLures Lhe documenLary fllm K#.11.#$ I&'#, along wlLh documenLaLlon of
kakll's performance works, lncludlng a parLlclpaLory performance work made wlLh
and by lmprlsoned kurdlsh women. 1hls uvu has been produced as one of kakll's
sLraLegles for offerlng audlences ouLslde of lraq access Lo her work.

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and La ocha nosLra L12#'9=%D2#' u0178

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1anla Ll khoury
& CollaboraLors C'12.#$ =' !%D5"&%
hLLp://Lanlaelkhoury.com/dlcLaphone-group/

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1wo excepLlonal curaLorlal pro[ecLs on / abouL borders:

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LxLerrlLory ro[ecL alms Lo encourage boLh Lhe LheoreLlcal and pracLlcal exploraLlon
of ldeas concernlng exLraLerrlLorlallLy ln an lnLerdlsclpllnary conLexL. 1hey are
looklng for new meeLlng polnLs poslLloned ouLslde Lhe boundarles of any clearly
deflned place whlch have Lhe poLenLlal Lo evade Lhe lmposlLlon of any speclflc
ldeology or language and LhaL may reshuffle exlsLlng LerrlLory-relaLed dlsLlncLlons,
openlng new posslblllLles Lo reLhlnk pollLlcal spaces, Lechnologles, ob[ecLs,
economles and Lhelr consLrucLlons. hLLp://exLerrlLory.wordpress.com

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lnSlLe ls a neLwork of conLemporary arL programs and commlssloned pro[ecLs LhaL
maps Lhe dynamlcs of permeablllLy and blockage LhaL characLerlze Lhe llmlnal border
zone of San ulego-1l[uana. Cver Lhe course of Lwelve years, slnce lLs lncepLlon ln
1992, lnSlLe has focused on Lhe speclflclLy of Lhe San ulego-1l[uana corrldor as a
conLexL of unexpecLed pollLlcal and culLural re-arLlculaLlons. More lnformaLlon on
lnSlLe can be found ln lla Sheren's arLlcle R&'6 12% =&'S"# P'&)% 1' 12% P(6"#
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