{"id":9285,"title":"The Slapstick Mystics With Sticks","dimensions":"18 x 12.5 cm, 80 p, language: English, publisher:  All Horizons Club, ISBN: N/A","date_begin":"2002-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"M HKA Collection, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/991","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"the-slapstick-mystics-with-sticks","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/136/large/Untitled100.jpg?1387545716","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novella takes the form of a Bildungsroman, with a young man returning to his small home town after his first year away at University. The plot focuses around his increasing involvement with a local amateur dramatic society and his coercion into performing within their presentation of a play.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003enovella exists within a wider project that focuses around a play scripted by Joanne Tatham \u0026amp; Tom O\u0026rsquo;Sulllivan in 2001. This play has been presented as both a performed work and a published script and corresponds with the one in the novella. Although the title of the project and of any individual works within the project is \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e, the title of the play is \u0026lsquo;Thou Art That!\u0026rsquo;. \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003ewas first presented as a performance at St Columba Gaelic Church, Glasgow (2001) and was then re-worked for a commission for Frieze Projects (2004). \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e script, along with photographs of the first performance, were shown as part of a solo exhibition at Cubitt, London (2002). The script has been read and published in a number of different locations, including Frozen Tears (2004). \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e novella was produced in the midst of this ongoing project. The book was commissioned for Village Hall Roadshow (2002), a curatorial project by All Horizons Club (Chris Evans / Duncan Hamilton) that took place at village halls across the north of England. The novella was then re-exhibited at Kunstverein Braunschweig in \u0026ldquo;The Best Book About Pessimism I Ever Read\u0026rdquo;, an exhibition curated by Lucy McKenzie (2002) and has been shown a number of times since this.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.artandresearch.org.uk/v1n1/tatham.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeze novelle neemt de vorm aan van een Bildungsroman over een jongeman die terugkeert naar zijn kleine thuisstad na zijn eerste jaar aan de universiteit. De plot draait rond zijn toenemende betrokkenheid bij een amateurtheatergezelschap en zijn dwang om mee te doen binnen hun toneelvoorstelling.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe novelle \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e maakt deel uit van een breder project dat draait om een toneelstuk geschreven door Joanne Tatham en Tom O\u0026rsquo;Sulllivan in 2001. Dat stuk bestaat als uitgevoerd werk, maar als een gepubliceerd scenario dat overeenkomt met dat in de novelle. Hoewel de titel van het project en van alle individuele werken binnen dat project luidt \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e, is de titel van het stuk: \u0026lsquo;Thou Art That!\u0026rsquo;. \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e werd voor het eerst gebracht als een performance in St Columba Gaelic Church, Glasgow (2001) en was dan herwerkt voor Frieze Projects (2004). Het scenario van \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e werd samen met foto\u0026rsquo;s van de eerste opvoering getoond als deel van een solotentoonstelling in Cubitt, Londen (2002). Het scenario is voorgedragen en gepubliceerd op verschillende locaties, waaronder Frozen Tears (2004). De novelle \u003cem\u003eThe Slapstick Mystics with Sticks \u003c/em\u003e werd gemaakt terwijl dat lopende project volop bezig was. Het boek kwam er in opdracht van Village Hall Roadshow (2002), een curatorproject van de All Horizons Club (Chris Evans / Duncan Hamilton) in gemeentehuizen over heel noord-Engeland. De novelle werd opnieuw tentoongesteld bij Kunstverein Braunschweig in \u0026ldquo;The Best Book About Pessimism I Ever Read\u0026rdquo;, een tentoonstelling onder curatorschap van Lucy McKenzie (2002) en is sindsdien nog verscheiden andere keren getoond.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.artandresearch.org.uk/v1n1/tatham.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2233,"name":"Joanne Tatham","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}},{"id":2232,"name":"Tom O'Sullivan","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}