Transcript
Nov 12, 1982
Description:
Based on two spoken and recorded accounts, Transcript is a performance by Judith Doyle that explores the sense of loss that emerges from displacement, translation, and representation.The first part of the performance explores the physiological displacement of a broken back through a recorded monologue on pain. Doyle is accompanied by projected text that summarizes the voiceover in a series of written statements.
The second part features coloured slides and a live monologue reflecting on the cultural and spatial displacement of emigration from Portugal to Canada.
Transcript concludes with pairs of coloured slides representing the immigration story projected and manipulated alongside an engine-line sound to evoke the memory of movement.
Captions:
- Judith Doyle, Transcript, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
- Judith Doyle, Transcript, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
- Judith Doyle, Transcript, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
- Judith Doyle, Transcript, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
- Judith Doyle, Transcript, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
- Judith Doyle, Transcript, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
- Set of Transcript in the Grand Luxe Hall, photo documentation, Nov 12, 1982.
Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.
We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.