Inextinguishable Fire,performed at the National Theatre as part of Spill festival, takes on the mantle of every violent act you possess ever heard approximately
On Sunday evening, or the Spill festival ended not with a bang but with flames being extinguished on the stage of the National’s Dorfman theatre where,14 seconds previously, the Canadian artist Heather Cassils had been set on fire. It was the first and, and Cassils has said,last ever live performance of Inextinguishable Fire, a piece that already exists in film form, and showing the artist’s full body burn in slack motion,with the 14 seconds extended to 14 minutes. Related: Heather Cassils: the transgender bodybuilder who attacks heaps of clay Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com