This public talk offers a playful dive into
language as a tool for artistic expression and an introduction to some of the strategies and concerns that have motivated
Etchells’ work as a writer and an artist across almost four decades.
Tim Etchells is a British artist and writer
whose work shifts between performance, visual art and fiction. He won international fame as the leader of the Sheffield-based
performance group Forced Entertainment. Moreover, his work outside this context has been exhibited numerous times by prestigious
institutions worldwide and comprises collaborations with distinguished artists from a variety of disciplines, including Meg
Stuart/Damaged Goods, Marino Formenti, Taus Mahakacheva, Vlatka Horvat and Elmgreen & Dragset. In 2016, the Forced Entertainment
ensemble was awarded the International Ibsen Award for its groundbreaking contribution to contemporary theatre and performance.
A collection of short fiction by Tim Etchells,
Endland,was published in 2019. Forced Entertainment and Tim Etchells
have performed several times at Wiener Festwochen, most recently in 2013 in the context of the festival parcours
Unruhe
der Form and in 2021, together with violinist Aisha Orazbayeva, with the production
Heartbraking Final. How Goes
the World is part of the series
Histoire(s) du Théâtre at the NTGent and premiered in November 2023.
L’Addition
was presented at last year’s edition of the Festival d’Avignon.
Preview Image: Chris Saunders
https://ail.angewandte.at/program/tim-etchells-words-worlds
