Project Details:
'Bodies in Distress' is a collaborative research
project between artists and post-doctoral researchers at the
Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for the History
of Emotions. 'Bodies in Distress' will take place
during the Critical Animals Creative Research Symposium in
Newcastle, NSW, between the Sept 27 - 30. It consists of a
number of public events held at The Lock Up, Cultural
Centre.
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events
Event Details:
PERFORMANCE OF EXECUTION BALLADS
Time and Date:
2.30pm on Thursday 27th September 2012
Venue:
The Lock Up Cultural Centre, 90 Hunter Street,
Newcastle.
Enquires:
Please email: gabriel.watts@sydney.edu.au
Description:
'Execution Ballads' were an early form of news media.
Details of the criminal's wrongdoing were set to popular
tunes. Street vendors would sell lyric sheets to spectators,
and after the execution the crowd would sing these tales of
woe. Often set in first person, the songs tell of repentant
murders warning others not to emulate their deeds. Grace
Turner and James Thomson will sing excerpts from C17th execution
ballads as Dr Una McIlvenna (CHE) provides insights into the
place of song in early-modern punishment
