Tag: punk

Matthew Anthony Stokes
Film, Visual Art

Visual Poems, Silent Dances of the Maquette Theatre

youtu.be/kYGpLZt9UF8

Matthew Anthony Stokes solo show Camouflage opened in Los Angeles, which illustrates his unique multi-disciplinary background in performance, corporeal dramaturgy, dance, sculpture, assemblage, film, photography, and poetry. Multiple videos from the experimental MAQUETTE Theatre, which he co-founded, create a visionary alternative universe replete with silent dances and visual poems that “unveil” ephemeral sculpture, including costumes, sets and masks.

Chris and Cosey, Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle
Sound

Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Emotions Broke Noisy Ground

http://youtu.be/MBzR0iIzMNU

The first band ever to be called “industrial,” Throbbing Gristle’s confrontational live performances and use of disturbing imagery, mixed with pre-recorded tape samples and special effects, created a distorted sound performance, quite ground-breaking in its time. Spinoff bands Psychic TV and Chris and Cosey continued to shock and beautify into the 1980s.