Thought Conductor

Canada’s longest-running new works festival is a hotbed of experimentation, where artists explore new possibilities in theatre, dance, music, and performance art.

In 2021, Rhubarb proposes an alternative: the creation of a physical performative publication that attempts to capture the energy of Rhubarb and, perhaps, recreate the live performance experience itself.

Over 20 artists respond to the prompt to bring performances to the page, with some projects published in the festival publication itself, and other interventions performed on the book after printing. Contributions range from colouring pages to a fever-dream drag performance; from a meal to music inspired by the turning of a page; and from choreographic scores to unearthed histories, real or imagined.

Edition 791/888

Issue No 9 of Substanz featuring work from Performance Oper-Air St.Gallen 2018.

Text in German and English.

Kindly Donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Music by Les Reines Prochaines.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Music by Les Reines Prochaines.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Music by Les Reines Prochaines.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Single CD with video clips.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Music by Les Reines Prochaines.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Limited edition Vinyl 125/250

Music and lyrics by Les Reines Prochaines: Michèle Fuchs, Fränzi Madörin, Muda Mathis, Sus Zwick. Guests: Chris Regn,Andrea Saemann.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

A criminological philosophical cinematographical musical comedy by Nathalie Percillier with the female music band Les Reines Prochaines. The film is made up of cinematic excerpts, stage performances and interviews with the protagonists. A lesbian trash movie, Pulp Fiction meets Dada.

73 minutes, DVD PAL 16:9, DE/EN.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

The Swiss art-rock band Les Reines Prochaines emerged from the youth and feminist movement of the 1980s. The movie traces the distinctive history of the Reines Prochaines and captures the artists in rehearsal and during their day to day life on tour.

Kindly donated for the Swiss live Art Study Room Guide.

Languages Swiss German, German.

77 minutes, HD

This publication presents a web of information: the artist’s own statements- essentially descriptions and photographs of her pieces, comments and an interview- together with contributions from different authors on various aspects of Muda Mathis’ work.

Kindly donated for the Swiss Live Art Study Room Guide.

Text in German and English.

Documentation of the event organised as part of LADA’s 20 anniversary celebrations across 2019: some of LADA’s icons present their own pop culture icons.