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creator of
Disappearing Act
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4178
 
http://www.vimeo.com/29026452

Set against a stark black backdrop, the four members of Brown Council perform a literal act of disappearance …

 
creator of
Appearing Act
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4179
 
http://www.vimeo.com/29132866

In Appearing Act the four members of Brown Council magically ‘appear’ out of thin air through simple, home-made trickery …

 
creator of
Work in Progress: Dawn to Dusk
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4180
 
http://www.vimeo.com/29133654

In an endurance piece of performative group work, the four members of Brown Council take turns to hammer a wooden post into the ground with a mallet …

 
creator of
The One Hour Laugh
Date
Medium
1 channel HD video
URL
http://browncouncil.com/works/the-one-hour-laugh

The One Hour Laugh is a 60 minute video work that depicts Brown Council performing a routine of endurance laughter.

 
creator of
One Hour Laugh
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4181
 
http://www.vimeo.com/29353310

One Hour Laugh depicts Brown Council enacting a routine of endurance laughter …

 
creator of
What Do I Do? 1970-2009
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/891
 
http://www.vimeo.com/18811957

In What Do I Do? (1970-2009) Brown Council appropriate two seminal performance works by Vito Acconci from the 1970s …

 
creator of
Runaway
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4183
 
http://www.vimeo.com/29133280

Videographer: William Mansfield Music Track: Runaway, Kevin Blechdom
In Runaway theatricality and the filmic converge in an emotive explosion of fake blood, fake sweat and fake tits …

 
creator of
Scrum
Date
Medium
Performance
URL
http://browncouncil.com/works/scrum#1
 
creator of
Milkshake
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4184
 
http://www.vimeo.com/18813369

Videographer: William Mansfield Music Track: Milkshake, Kelis
In Milkshake, Brown Council perform a grotesque hip-hop dance sequence that pushes physical limitations …

 
creator of
Encore
Date
Medium
Video
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/890
 
http://www.vimeo.com/18813576

In Encore the theatrical tradition of the curtain call is reduced to a task-based endurance performance …

 

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