Storyline

About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different performance artists from England and abroad collected from 1979 to 1983, amongst them: Tibor Hajas (Hungary), Rasa Todosijevic (Yugoslavia), Iain Robertson (Scotland), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Poland), Milan Knizak (Czechoslovakia), Natalia LL (Poland), Ewa Partum (Poland), Jan Mlcoch (Czechoslovakia), Sonia Knox (Northern Ireland), Jerzy Beres (Poland) and Stuart Brisley (England). The film also records the Haxey Hood and Padstow Hobbyhorse folk dances from Lincolnshire and Cornwall respectively.

Key Information

Director Ken McMullen
Writers Stuart Brisley, Ken McMullen
Studio Match Films
Language EN

Cast & Crew

Tibor Hajas

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Dragoljub 'Raša' Todosijević

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Iain Robertson

Iain Robertson

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Zbigniew Warpechowski

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Milan Knížák

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Ewa Partum

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Jan Mlcoch

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Sonia Knox

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Jerzy Beres

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Frequently Asked Questions

Being and Doing was released on January 1, 1984.

The runtime of Being and Doing is 55m.

Being and Doing is a Documentary movie.

Being and Doing is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

Being and Doing was directed by Ken McMullen.

The main cast of Being and Doing includes Tibor Hajas, Dragoljub 'Raša' Todosijević, Iain Robertson.

Being and Doing is originally in English.