{"id":2413,"date":"2017-05-24T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2017-05-19T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T09:22:45","slug":"review-visions-of-agony-redemption-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/2017\/05\/24\/review-visions-of-agony-redemption-and-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Visions of Agony, Redemption and Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grayson Reeves upends Plymouth wrestler, John Harding. Photography G H Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Harry Bennett<\/a><\/p>\n

At the end of April Pen Arts in association with Plymouth Wrestling Association hosted a mini-lecture and performance entitled: Visions of Agony, Redemption and Justice. Combining a mini-lecture on the history of wrestling with a three match wrestling show the piece was written as an integrated performance: the lecture (and the idea that some of the secrets of the wrestling business were being revealed) providing the context for a wrestling competition. The outcome of a best out of three series of matches would determine whether the revelations could continue. It culminated with the demolition of a young male wrestler by Adira (a female graduate of the Faculty of Arts) in an inter-gender wrestling match.<\/p>\n

The event brought into the University people from some of the less affluent parts of Plymouth – those that society would typically describe as underprivileged (including the disabled and long term unemployed). For many, it was their first time in the university – indeed any university. The audience makeup was a fascinating illustration of the social divide along cultural lines.<\/p>\n

Whether the event was a success or not I will leave to the review<\/a> which has just appeared on the website “Believe in Geek”. The George referred to in the piece, by the way is me and it is the name I have been working under as part of researching this field.<\/p>\n

For me the highlight of the evening was at the end when a teenager came up to me with a quizzical look on her face and asked “So, at University you can study subjects that you really want to study – I didn’t know that”.<\/p>\n

The highest art (in elite terms) the event probably wasn’t but as an interesting experiment in teaching sports history it ticked some boxes. And, you never know, maybe it opened a few eyes to future possibilities down the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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