United Kingdom / Jan 01, 1984
Being and Doing (1984)
Directed by Ken McMullen
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55min
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5.0/10
Plot
About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different performance artists from England and abroad collected from 1979 to 1983, amongst them: Tibor Hajas (Hungary), Rasa Todosijevic (Yugoslavia), Iain Robertson (Scotland), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Poland), Milan Knizak (Czechoslovakia), Natalia LL (Poland), Ewa Partum (Poland), Jan Mlcoch (Czechoslovakia), Sonia Knox (Northern Ireland), Jerzy Beres (Poland) and Stuart Brisley (England). The film also records the Haxey Hood and Padstow Hobbyhorse folk dances from Lincolnshire and Cornwall respectively.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sonia Knox | Herself (archive footage) |
| Jerzy Beres | Himself (archive footage) |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Being and Doing |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English, Polski |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Match Films, Arts Council of Great Britain |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1984 |
| Production | Ken McMullen, Stuart Brisley |
| Writer | Stuart Brisley, Ken McMullen |
| Assistant directors | Ken McMullen |
| Music | David Cunningham |
| Sound | David Cunningham |
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