Esther Pilkington Explained

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]

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

• 2011 We Always Arrive In the Theatre on Foot: A walk to the theatre in sixteen steps and eighteen footnotes, Vienna, Austria^[3]
• 2011 Vaasa in Luck, Platform, Finland^[4]
• 2009 A Long Walk, Aberystwyth to Aldeburgh, UK^[5]
• 2005 The Sunny Beach Project, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria; Vienna, Austria and Ipswich, UK ^[6]

References

1. Book: The Art of Being Many: Towards a New Theory and Practice of Gathering. Schäfer. Martin Jörg. Tsianos. Vassilis S.. Transcript Verlag. 2016. 978-3837633139. 122.
2. Web site: Biographies: Esther Pilkington. Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät. July 17, 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. 10.1080/13528165.2012.671069. 193156771.
4. Web site: Platform. www.platform.fi. 2016-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091703/http://www.platform.fi/page/3/. 2016-08-17. dead.
5. Book: Wilkie, Fiona. Performance, Transport and Mobility: Making Passage. Palgrave Macmillan. 2015. 978-0-230-34315-3. Basingstoke, UK. 29–30.
6. Web site: Zerlegt und Verspielt / solarCity. October 15, 2010. Festival de Regionen: Programm. July 17, 2016.