Here is some of my scholarship on the work of James Joyce and copyright law https://eprints.qut.edu.au/86026/ (I have been doing some work on Samuel Beckett and copyright law this year). #Bloomsday #Books #Copyright #Culture #Ireland #JamesJoyce #SamuelBeckett

Save the date: 5/5/2023, 6 PM, TON NOT. NOT TON. LISA ALVARADO, SAMUEL BECKETT, GAVSBORG, CHANNA HORWITZ, ANJA KREYSING, MUSICA MOSAICA
Concerts by @anja_kreysing , @gavsborg #musicamosaica starting at 6.45 PM
A joint project by @kunsthallemuenster and @_dispari_ Curators: @phu0ngdan and @merle_radtke #tonnotnotton #contemporaryart #exhibition #concerts #channahorwitz #lisaalvarado #samuelbeckett #münster #muenster #kunsthalle #kunsthallemuenster #opening Design: @jmmp.eu

Via the magic of zoom, I am speaking about copyright law and dramatic works this week with a paper on 'Waiting for Copyright to Expire: The Legal Endgame of Samuel Beckett' at the Samuel Beckett in Central Europe conference being staged in Prague by CEFRES, Charles University, the Sorbonne, and the University of Bordeaux https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/415/ #copyright #theatre #drama #performance #waitingforgodot #SamuelBeckett

if you've never seen beckett's 'not i' (performed by his close friend, billie whitelaw)...o, you really should. its punch is still strong.
#billieWhitelaw #samuelBeckett #monologue #drama #theatre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4LDwfKxr-M

you've seen the motivational phrase 'fail again. fail better.' well, it's an extract from 'worstward ho' & it's nowhere near as optimistic & encouraging as it appears. if anything, it's an acceptance of life's utter absurdity.
 so...if you fancy waiting for godot, i can recommend allee samuel beckett in paris 14.
 ps: you should also know that sam worked as a courier with the french resistance & was nearly caught by the gestapo when his unit was betrayed.
#art #samuelBeckett #polymath #france

#art #history THREAD:

'birth (on this day in 1906) was the death of him'

captain beckett's log entry: 'i pause to record that i feel in extraordinary form. delirium, perhaps.' so, as dark as was his perspective on human existence, you can feel the humour & pathos & pure compassion in beckett's words just as you can see them etched into his face of sunbeaten pink clay. he can also teach us a lot about context. (cont.)
#samuelBeckett #portrait #mastoArt #literature #ireland #france

My first article of the year at Walking the Wire is here! I'm looking at #SamuelBeckett, #choices and #freedom, and imagining a #future.
#essays #writing #plays #drama #books
https://walkingthewire.substack.com/p/the-future-out-there