{"product_id":"confidences-production","title":"Confidences \/ Production","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eActing like an academic endpoint, cuneiform everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConlan Eliseu is a vampire and an out-of-vogue fashion stylist who takes a job as an advisor at the Gatlin Finishing School, a three-year vocational program for talented teens in a theatre town. Human teen Doeke Schreyer wants to be a star and isn’t afraid of hard work. He just can’t seem to get it. Will his corporeal charms help him exceed the curse on his name, inherited from his adoptive parents?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConfidences \/ Production\u003c\/em\u003e deals with the process of keeping the past alive, whether as image or restaging. It is the fourth instalment in Ivan Cheng’s Confidences series, which uses the figure of the vampire as shorthand for cultural movement. Following \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/after8books.com\/confidences-\/ivan-cheng.-confidences-\/-baseline.html\"\u003eConfidences \/ Baseline\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/after8books.com\/confidences-\/confidences-\/-majority.html\"\u003eConfidences \/ Majority\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/after8books.com\/confidences-\/confidences-\/-oracle.html\"\u003eConfidences \/ Oracle\u003c\/a\u003e, this new episode contains excerpts or elements from scripts by the artist, as well as documents and reflections on the tradition and transmission of theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIvan Cheng (b. 1991, Sydney) produces films, objects, paintings and publications as anchors for the staging of complex and precarious spectacles. His background as a performer and musician form the basis for his using performance as a critical medium and questioning publics and accessibility. He holds an MFA in Critical Studies from Sandberg Instituut. His performances, works and writings have been recently presented at Hartwig Art Foundation, Amsterdam; Lafayette Anticipations, Paris; galerie Édouard Montassut, Paris; Villa Imperiale, Pesaro; OCTO, Marseille; Volksbühne Roter Salon, Berlin; gta Exhibitions, Zurich; and Mind Eater Festival, Oslo. In 2017 he initiated the project space bologna.cc in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConfidences \/ Production\u003c\/em\u003e is published in collaboration with Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA, Naarm\/Melbourne, in conjunction with the presentation of the project, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/muma\/exhibitions\/upcoming\/upcoming\/ivan-cheng,-np\"\u003eIvan Cheng: NP\u003c\/a\u003e in September 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne \u0026 After 8 Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49429749629258,"sku":"9782492650130","price":3.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/Screenshot_2025-12-02_at_20.30.00.png?v=1764703861","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/confidences-production","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}