Because of Love
Performance by Franko B with music by Othon, light design by Nigel Edwards, singing by Mitch Miller and animation by Thomas Qualmann. Developed in dialogue with Gilles Jobin and Tim Etchells
[photos by Hugo Glendinning]
(2012-14)
© 2015 Franko B and the contributors
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Franko B presents his new multi-disciplinary live performance, Because of Love: volume 1. The piece represents a major departure in Franko’s practice, moving away from the gallery based tableaux vivants of his previous work.
Drawing upon memories of vivid moments and experiences of art, film and dance from different stages in his life, this piece is about life, childhood, humanity, inhumanity, love and grief. Intimate connections are made between personal memories and lived experiences... experiences that can be mediated by someone else’s voice or art form, or appropriated to become one’s own in a way which is both personal and political.
performances:
2014
• Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Munster, Germany
2013
• The Place Theatre, London, UK
• Norwich Arts Centre, UK
• Warwick Arts Centre, UK
• Toynbee Studios, London, UK
• Festival di la Terre, Verona, Italy
2012
• Laban Theatre, London, UK
• Colchester Arts Centre, UK
• Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, UK
catalogue:
Franko B: Because of Love: Volume 1
Laura Burns [This is Tomorrow] (October 2013)
Fred Dalmasso [Total Theatre] (May 2013)
• Franko B - The Place, London >
Jessica Sabatini [The Public Reviews] (March 2013)
Honour Bayes [Total Theatre] (March 2013)
• Franko B: Because of Love, The Place Theatre, London >
Jareh Das [Aesthetica] (March 2013)
Eleanor Sikorski [Bellyflop Magazine] (March 2013)
Diana Damian [Exuent] (May 2012)
• Franko B - Because of Love: l’Arte si fa con il Fundraising >
Maria Vittoria Berti [Exibart.com] (December 2011)
• Because of Love: Installation Version >
Permanent installation at The Foundry, France (2016)
Love in Times of Pain [performance] >