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This blog will document an artistic collaboration between Ben Coode-Adams and Kris Cohen. The final work, to be performed from 28th-30th May at the Banff Centre, will stage simultaneous, real-time re-enactments of three related events: the first ascent of Everest in 1953, the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, and a commericial climb of Everest in 1996 which ended in disaster.
CONTACT info@bencoodeadams.com Please send us thoughts, photos, questions. Or leave comments using the 'Shout Out' links. We'll post them here or try to use them in the performance.
BIOS Kris Cohen is a research fellow in the INCITE group at the University of Surrey, Dept. of Sociology. Ben Coode-Adams is an artist whose work spans traditional sculpture, video installation, performance and curating. All his work is based on developing innovative means of delivering complex and often esoteric ideas and information, in an engaging and accessible way. Working across disciplines collaboration is a cornerstone of his work. |
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
"Is someone coming to get me?" CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT OF MOUNT EVEREST Ben Coode-Adams and Kris Cohen Presenting, in the Donald Cameron Hall Main Dining Room, The Banff Centre, Alberta Canada: A real-time continuous re-enactment of the first ascent by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (29th May 1953) using a scaled model of Mt. Everest. Alongside the crowning achievement of the Golden Age of Himalayan climbing and one of the last victories for the British Empire, we present a painstaking re-creation of the commercialised ascent of 32 climbers on May 10, 1996 that led to the deaths of 5 people. These two events will be set against the Coronation of Elizabeth II which was so intimately linked to success on Everest in 1953. Lying beneath our Everest, Westminster Abbey is the stage for the ushering in of a new epoch. To illuminate the alchemical transformation of commoner to monarch we will slow down the process of coronation, extending it over 24 hours. Beginning at 6pm on 28th May with the assembly of the models, the 1996 climbers will begin their ascent at 11.30pm. High on the South East Ridge Hillary and Tenzing will leave their bivouac at 6.30am, reaching the summit at 11.30am on 29th May. As they ascend the final ridge, the crown will descend on the head of Elizabeth. Anatoli Boukreev (1996) will summit at 1.07pm from which point disaster unfolds until dawn on 30th May. See the performance in The Donald Cameron Hall Main Dining Room the Banff Centre, Banff, T1L 1H5 Alberta Canada (please avoid peak times in the dining room: Breakfast 7-8 am, Lunch 12-1:30pm, Dinner 6:00 - 7:30pm). And track the events online at: www.issomeonecomingtogetme.blogspot.com We will be documenting our preparations and posting live to this site during the performance. We welcome comments, recollections, questions and photos and will post these reactions on the site and the physical models up to and during the performance. The Banff Centre In collaboration with Mountain Cultures and the Banff New Media Institute Admission Free Contact ben@bencoodeadams or k.cohen@soc.surrey.ac.uk for information. EXPERIENCE THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIMALAYAN CLIMBING |
