Kirstin Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3597732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirstin Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirstin |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3865-3870 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Taping into the void’
This article analyses actors as workers through a recent change in mainstream casting practice in the UK and US, from live auditions to self-taped submissions. I conduct two related investigations: first, a narrow examination of how this change has affected the day-to-day lives of UK-based actors, using interviews and surveys; and second, a theoretical exploration of how actors reproduce themselves in the context of the digital economy. The secon…
Artist roundtable on casting and identity with Nicole Acquah, Emma Jude Harris, Samia La Virgne, and Kerry Kyriacos
In this roundtable discussion, four artists – each with multiple practices as performers, writers, directors, dramaturgs, teachers, scholars, and campaigners – discuss their experiences and views of the relationship between casting and identity, from the perspective of both art and activism. Nicole Acquah, Emma Jude Harris, Kerry Kyriacos, and Samia La Virgne bring their own questions for discussion: they explore discrimination and misrepresentat…
On the Couch
This article responds to the use of “casting couch” in the defense of Harvey Weinstein during his New York trial for rape and sexual assault in 2020. It traces the emergence of “casting couch” in the early-to-mid-twentieth century as a means of naming, but not acknowledging, sexual exploitation and violence in proximity to casting practices. The “casting couch” cliché invokes genre-scenes which depict sexual exploitation and violence, particularl…
Stumping and Stunts
New York City, 1884: 14 contestants set out to walk round and round a track for six days in the “go-as-you-please” race, taking as little rest as possible. What does this durational act tell us about a type of performance just beginning to be named in New York slang as a “stunt”? Anticipating early-20th-century dance marathons and later durational performance art, the race enacted and troubled circulation, revealing fault lines of valorization: b…
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Stumping and Stunts
New York City, 1884: 14 contestants set out to walk round and round a track for six days in the “go-as-you-please” race, taking as little rest as possible. What does this durational act tell us about a type of performance just beginning to be named in New York slang as a “stunt”? Anticipating early-20th-century dance marathons and later durational performance art, the race enacted and troubled circulation, revealing fault lines of valorization: b…
On the Couch
This article responds to the use of “casting couch” in the defense of Harvey Weinstein during his New York trial for rape and sexual assault in 2020. It traces the emergence of “casting couch” in the early-to-mid-twentieth century as a means of naming, but not acknowledging, sexual exploitation and violence in proximity to casting practices. The “casting couch” cliché invokes genre-scenes which depict sexual exploitation and violence, particularl…
‘Taping into the void’
This article analyses actors as workers through a recent change in mainstream casting practice in the UK and US, from live auditions to self-taped submissions. I conduct two related investigations: first, a narrow examination of how this change has affected the day-to-day lives of UK-based actors, using interviews and surveys; and second, a theoretical exploration of how actors reproduce themselves in the context of the digital economy. The secon…
Artist roundtable on casting and identity with Nicole Acquah, Emma Jude Harris, Samia La Virgne, and Kerry Kyriacos
In this roundtable discussion, four artists – each with multiple practices as performers, writers, directors, dramaturgs, teachers, scholars, and campaigners – discuss their experiences and views of the relationship between casting and identity, from the perspective of both art and activism. Nicole Acquah, Emma Jude Harris, Kerry Kyriacos, and Samia La Virgne bring their own questions for discussion: they explore discrimination and misrepresentat…
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