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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. |
Sunday, May 11, 2003
 Another photo from the Hastings performance. High on the mountain, Beck Weathers is left alone, where he will remain, snow blind and freezing, for 10 hours. And this is only the beginning and the gentlest part of his ordeal. It's interesting how, even portrayed by a little block of wood, it's hard not to feel something for Beck. Look how sad and alone he looks. -kris  A schematic for how the television coverage of the 1953 Coronation was organised. The Coronation was one of the first events to be watched on television en masse. |
