6/30/2023 0 Comments Curious leslieThe interdisciplinary qualities and the creative social, political and artistic forces of the form appeal to Curious, whose work crosses seamlessly between theatrical-style performance, installation, film-making, and publication. Since 1997, when Hill and Paris first formed their company, performance art (or ‘live art’ as it is better known in the UK, where Curious has primarily been based) has become one of the most vibrant, cutting-edge and innovative forms of artistic practice. Hybridity allows us the maximum flexibility for our work and the ideas we engage with.” Best Before End, Curious, 2014. So that means that the work can be theatre, video, film, installation, publication or site-specific work. We are often content-led and then choose the form we think best suits the content. “At its essence the work always has a desire for contact and communication. Curiosity has led Hill and Paris to develop unique tools and practices within a form of hybridstyle performance. To address these diverse topics, Hill and Paris research and develop work through the interdisciplinary practices of performance and film-making, creating evocative work that reaches to the heart of human concerns. As performance makers and artists they have produced over 40 works investigating questions of digital technologies, place and placelessness, the politics of violence, the sense of smell and gut feelings. The co-directors and founders of the company Curious, Leslie Hill and Helen Paris, have made a career out of their curiosity.
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