Dark - The Adventures of Diane Arbus

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Event Dark - The Adventures of Diane Arbus
Venue Universal Two, Fitzroy, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Festival 1998
First Date 14 October 1998
Opening Date 18 October 1998
Last Date 8 November 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Diane Arbus is remembered as one of the century's most controversial imagists. Her photographs depict a reality behind the skin of polite society, they confront, they disturb.
Dark focussed on the life of the woman behind the camera, tracing Diane and the world she created through the lense of her camera through to her suicide in 1971. it is a frame by frame account of a woman's obbsessive path from the blackest recesses of her own mind to her ultimate self destruction.
Incorporated within this innovative work are photographs from the exhibition Underbelly, a series of Arbus inspired image
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Biographical
Subjects Creativity
Life and Death
Photography
Suicide
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gerald Lepkowski Director Writer, Actor
Michele Preshaw Lighting Designer
Nell Feeney Performer
Mandy McElhinney Performer
Peter Roberts Performer
Illana Rose Photographer
Peter Mumford Set Designer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Melbourne Festival 1998 guide
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 100818