Papers of Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman
MSS 300
Collection Title
Papers of Richard Allen and Karen PearlmanCollection Identifier
MSS 300Inclusive date(s)
1972 to 1993Extent and Medium
Category
Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
Manuscripts, publicity, and audiovisual material relating to Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman
Administrative / Biographical history
Karen Pearlman
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Pearlman
Australian film academic Karen Pearlman was born in Missouri, USA in 1960 and graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Honours in dance. Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen founded the production company That Was Fast in 1985, creating dance, poetry, film and video works. Pearlman completed a Masters in Editing from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), a Masters in Media Production in 2002 from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and a Doctorate of Creative Arts at UTS in 2006. She was head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 2008-2014, President of the Australian Screen Editors Guild 2009-2010 and a Senior Lecturer in film production at Macquarie University from the late 2010s.
Richard Allen
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_James_Allen
Australian dancer, poet and short filmmaker Richard Allen was born in Kempsey in 1960 and graduated from University of Sydney in the early 1980s. Allen was an artistic director of the Poets Union in the later 1990s, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival. Together with partner Karen Pearlman, Allen co-created performance companies That Was Fast (New York), Tasdance (Launceston), and The Physical TV Company (Sydney) creating dance, poetry and video works. In 1999 he was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The collection of Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman comprises scripts, listings, publicity, reviews, photographs and VHS recordings related to their plays
Appraisal & Processing Information
Awaiting processing: 3 boxes
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: Check with Curator
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further material related to Karen Pearlman and Richard Allen can be found at the National Library of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and the State Library of NSW
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.