Esther Pilkington

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Esther Pilkington is a British performance artist and researcher based in Hamburg, Germany. Pilkington, along with Daniel Ladnar, is a founding member of the performance collective Random People. Her work within the practice of walking art considers the role of the documented journey in performance and breaking the predominant character of immediacy in performance. [1]

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Education

Pilkington received her PhD from Aberystwyth University, Wales, in 2011, her MA also from Aberystwyth University in Theatre, Film and Media Studies in 2007. She studied English and Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the undergraduate level at Frankfurt University, earning her degree in 2006. [2]

Selected works

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References

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  2. "Biographies: Esther Pilkington". Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. Pilkington, Esther; Nachbar, Martin (2012). "We Always Arrive in the Theatre on Foot: A walk to the theatre in sixteen steps and eighteen footnotes". Performance Review: On Foot. 17 (2): 30–41. doi:10.1080/13528165.2012.671069. S2CID   193156771.
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  5. Wilkie, Fiona (2015). Performance, Transport and Mobility: Making Passage. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 29–30. ISBN   978-0-230-34315-3.
  6. "Zerlegt und Verspielt / solarCity". Festival de Regionen: Programm. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2016.