Being and Doing
1984, English. Directed by Ken McMullen.
About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different performance artists from England and abroad collected from 1979 to 1983, amongst them: Tibor Hajas (Hungary), Rasa Todosijevic (Yugoslavia), Iain Robertson (Scotland), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Poland), Milan Knizak (Czechoslovakia), Natalia LL (Poland), Ewa Partum (Poland), Jan Mlcoch (Czechoslovakia), Sonia Knox (Northern Ireland), Jerzy Beres (Poland) and Stuart Brisley (England). The film also records the Haxey Hood and Padstow Hobbyhorse folk dances from Lincolnshire and Cornwall respectively.
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- 0h 55m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Ken McMullenDirector
- Tibor HajasHimself (archive footage)
- Dragoljub 'Raša' TodosijevićHimself (archive footage)
- Iain RobertsonHimself (archive footage)
- Zbigniew WarpechowskiHimself (archive footage)
- Milan KnížákHimself (archive footage)
- Ewa PartumHerself (archive footage)
- Jan MlcochHimself (archive footage)
- Sonia KnoxHerself (archive footage)
- Jerzy BeresHimself (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1984
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Ken McMullen, Stuart Brisley
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Who directed Being and Doing?
Being and Doing (1984) was directed by Ken McMullen and stars Tibor Hajas, Dragoljub 'Raša' Todosijević, Iain Robertson.