Jarman (all this maddening beauty) is a solo performance work inspired by avant-garde, queer filmmaker Derek Jarman. Evocative poetry, lush new music and multimedia landscape combine to create a theatrical event exploring the meaning of beauty and art. The project marks a continuing collaboration between the bold performance ensemble force/collision and award-winning playwright Caridad Svich. Jarman looks at how the specter of illness affects the making of art, and at the changes in cultural, transatlantic perceptions of queer artistry since Jarman’s time.