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Ma Ma Ma Mad
No full textMa Ma Ma Mad is an autobiographical work, written and performed by Singaporean-Australian theatre maker Merlynn Tong. This production, presented at the Brisbane Powerhouse in December 2015, was a multi-genre work incorporating aspects of Butoh, physical theatre, cabaret and contemporary monologue. More than an experiment in mixed performative forms, however, this particular production was also an exercise in inter-cultural collaboration as well as gender in (and of) performance. Heavily influenced by the creator's experiences growing up in urban Southeast Asia, the director's specialisation in contemporary Australian theatre and experience telling uniquely Australian stories worked to manipulate the form in an endeavour to succinctly speak to local audiences, without pandering to entrenched stereotypes or diluting the underlying Chinese-Singaporean themes. The success of this production was also somewhat of a personal challenge for the creatives, after being told by some of Brisbane's most influential theatre venues and festivals that they would rather not support the work because a) it was a one woman show, and b) it was a one woman show about an Asian woman; and therefore would not sell well. One very influential local producer even said that he already had a one-woman show about an Asian person programmed, so he couldn't possibly program another. Operating in such a biased and out-of-touch artistic environment was seen as an easy challenge for the artists involved, which resulted in a highly successful and critically acclaimed sell-out run of Ma Ma Ma Mad, followed by offers to tour the work nationally and internationally. As such, this production also stands as a practical example of the ingrained and patriarchal structures of the Australian arts scene, and how art can work to break down the very barriers that it has helped to construct through a lack of vision and diversity amongst its leaders
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Datasets for counter-checking uncertainty with EM (Ma & Au PEM 2023)
No full textThis folder contains the synthetic datasets used in Section 4 of Ma X and Au SK (2023). “Counter-checking uncertainty calculations in Bayesian operational modal analysis with EM techniques”. Probabilistic Engineer Mechanics
Datasets for Bayesian OMA noise modelling paper (Ma X, Zhu Z, Au SK, MSSP 2022)
No full textThis folder contains the OMA synthetic and laboratory data used in Section 5 and Section 6.1 of Ma et al. (2022). ‘Treatment and effect of noise modelling in Bayesian operational modal analysis’. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Ma Haide -- 1980-88 -- Correspondence, Individual -- letter, 1984-12?
No full textLetter from Haide, Ma to Alfred dated 1984-12?.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
Ma Haide -- 1980-88 -- Correspondence, Individual -- letter, 1982-09-18
No full textLetter from Haide, Ma to Sabin, Albert B. dated 1982-09-18.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
Ma Haide -- 1980-88 -- Correspondence, Individual -- letter, 1984-05-05
No full textLetter from Haide, Ma to Sabin, Albert B. dated 1984-05-05.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
Ma Haide -- 1980-88 -- Correspondence, Individual -- letter, 1985-11-19
No full textLetter from Haide, Ma to Sabin, Albert B. dated 1985-11-19.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
Ma Haide -- 1980-88 -- Correspondence, Individual -- letter, 1985-10-11
No full textLetter from Haide, Ma to Wyngaarden, James B. dated 1985-10-11.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
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