*Stories of the Present War
<https://live-stream.zarucchi.com/events/stories-of-the-present-war/feed>*
by Beautiful Confusion Collective
<https://www.beautifulconfusioncollective.com/>
at the Living Record Festival
*20, 22, 27 & 29 January (7.00 - c.7.45pm) & 21 February 2021 (4.00 -
6.00pm)*
Tickets from £12.00: access all five Sessions, and e-Gallery Space for one
price
In a live puzzling out of complex matters, a rediscovered collection of
letters from the 1940s catalyses a dialogue between then and now.
Collective and personal histories collide as we (re)consider and
(re)configure the stories we tell and the things we inherit.
Stories of the Present War is a performance project and installation by
Becka McFadden and Beautiful Confusion Collective
<https://www.beautifulconfusioncollective.com/>, inspired by a collection
of letters written by Becka's grandparents during WWII.
*"Discovering these letters by accident, in my mother’s garage, I began
reading and re-reading them at a time when I found myself increasingly
distressed and anxious about current geopolitical events – Brexit, Trump,
climate change, and now COVID-19 – all communicated via a relentless
24-hour news cycle. In this project, I look to the letters for historical
perspective and insight into what it was like to live in a time of global
conflict. At the same time, and on a more personal level, the discovery of
the letters brought me into close contact with my grandparents’
relationship and the bold decisions of their youth that sometimes feel
irreconcilable with the adults I knew.The title of the project comes from a
letter in which my grandmother describes a film she's recently seen as “a
story of the present war”. I've made it plural to express the multiplicity
of wars we are always waging in one way or another, whether large or small,
visible or invisible.I invite you to join me as I sift through my own
experiences and those of my grandparents. Let’s see what emerges."*
Concept/performance: Becka McFadden
Photography: Becka McFadden & Paul Wade
Dramaturg: Mary Ann Hushlak
Production: Jon Millington
Thanks to: Jack and Winnie McFadden, Ann McFadden, Ali McFadden
*Living Record Festival: 17 January - 22 February 2021
<https://www.livingrecord.co.uk/the-living-record-festival>*
A festival of digital media designed specifically for streaming, created by
over 40 independent artists and theatre companies from across the world.
Accessible from your living room at the click of a button, the Living
Record Festival is a celebration of ground breaking grassroots digital art.
Jon Millington
Beautiful Confusion Collective
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