Jarman In Pieces
Project
Adorno's latest project is a cubist portrayal of Derek Jarman, capturing
his poetic visual imagery, love of super 8 film
and enduring
creative individualism.
Filmmaker,
painter, gay rights activist, author, gardener – Derek Jarman
packed many roles into a short life. Twenty years from
his death in
1994, his standing has never been higher. And yet he remains a
contradictory figure: a self-effacing exhibitionist,
a well-to-do
RAF child who embraced the possibilities of punk. For decades, he
was a thorn in the establishment’s side and
yet is now dangerously
close to something he would have hated – the status of national
treasure.
Jarman In Pieces is a performance collage comprising original songs,
film, interviews, ambient sounds and spoken word
that aims to
celebrate these contrasts rather than reconcile them. Performance
length 50 mins
See
video extracts here:
Songs
from Jarman In Pieces performed at Dodo Modern Poets event in August
2014
An
earlier version of Jarman In Pieces performed at Merton's Colour
House theatre (originally premiered at Holloway Arts Festival
2013)
(videos courtesy of PR Murry)
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Jarman
In Pieces was first performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 and
also toured other venues in February 2015
as part of LGBT History
month.
Ed Fringe 2014 Review:
The
two guys who make up Project Adorno present a multi-media experience
here, with many of their own lively and catchy songs, super 8 video
and original interview pieces. We see places relating to the life of
Derek Jarman, who in his life was regarded as the enfant terrible of
British film.
We see early photos and scenes, a good deal of his
final home in Dungeness, reference to Blue, his final film, and even
shots of some of that glorious
troop, the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence, when
Derek was consecrated as Saint Derek of Dungeness.
In
his time, Derek was a ground-breaking gay film maker, and his
mock-Roman romp, Sebastiane, with its flagrant semi, was a hot
ticket in the relatively
innocent days in which it appeared. Later
work, such as Caravaggio and The War Requiem, was more serious, but
we see him here still being something
of a fun boy at social
gatherings. Then there are the hospital days as AIDS took it’s
toll.
If
you see this show you will discover fresh aspects of Jarman, hear
some interesting things by and about him spoken by these guys, plus
a good
deal of entertaining and thought-provoking music.
Tony
Challis - ScotsGay Magazine
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Project
Adorno - background info
Project Adorno are a two-man arts collective from
southwest London whose electro-pop cabaret live performances read like a
quirky thesis on
popular culture from the last 30 years.
Project Adorno have
performed widely across the UK over the last fifteen years including
ten Edinburgh Fringe shows, numerous appearances at the Buxton
Fringe and Cheltenham literature and Latitude festivals. They have
also appeared on BBC radio’s The Verb.
Previous
shows include Stop the Tardis, a lo-fi, sci-fi performance poetry
piece, Dr Dewey Decimal, a musical all about libraries, and
London
Years – a melancholy-infused celebration of the capital’s
quirkier corners.
The true spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe****
(4/5)
Broadway Baby, Edinburgh Fringe.
Retro-futurist
visionaries with Stylophones in their hands and Charles Aznavour on
their headphones
Buxton
Fringe
A stunning exercise in electronic beat poetry
Record Collector Magazine
A
bizarrely enjoyable hour of nerdy oddness
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Like the F.T. letters page being sung by Soft Cell
Culture-Deluxe Magazine
Further Information:
www.projectadorno.net
http://www.youtube.com/projectadorno
www.twitter.com/ProjectAdorno
Reviews:
www.projectadorno.net/inreview.htm
Contact info:
info@projectadorno.net
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