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Researcher: Gemma Marmalade
This project is both a research presentation and creative performance made specifically for the Cambridge School of Art research symposium, Theory:Practice 2016. It is a scathing yet humorous critique of institutionalised, elitist and often impenetrable academic art language and rhetoric, parodied through the authority and context of the doctoral research presentation.
The oration uses a nonsensical weaving of ‘International Art English’ phrases, entirely fabricated references and absurdly complex grammar, spoken with deadpan and stoic conviction. Its purpose is to live test the authenticity of performance and presentation by monitoring the collective receptivity of the audience.