Histories and practices of live art / edited by Deirdre Heddon and Jennie Klein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heddon, Deirdre, 1969-

Klein, Jennie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance art.

Physical Description:

x, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

What are the Histories and Practices of Live Art?

How do these Histories and Practices Interconnect, Diverge, Infuence and Resurface?

Introducing both the history and the major themes in live art, leading academics and practitioners engage with a number of key practices used in performance art. As they explore each different practice through a series of critical frameworks such as time, the body, politics and place, the authors ask how these processes can be contextualized and understood. Recognizing that there is no single 'history' of live art, nor indeed a singular approach to the field, this book embraces the diverse nature of the practices, critiques, opinions and debates that have shaped live art. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Developing Live Art / Jennie Klein Klein, Jennie 12

Chapter 2 The Time of Live Art / Beth Hoffmann Hoffmann, Beth 37

Chapter 3 Art, Meeting and Encounter: The Art of Action in Great Britain / Roddy Hunter Hunter, Roddy, Judit Bodor Bodor, Judit 65

Chapter 4 Site: Between Ground and Groundlessness / Stephen Hodge Hodge, Stephen, Cathy Turner Turner, Cathy 90

Chapter 5 Intimacy and Risk in Live Art / Dominic Johnson Johnson, Dominic 121

Chapter 6 All Together Now: Performance and Collaboration / Claire MacDonald MacDonald, Claire 148

Chapter 7 The Politics of Live Art / Deirdre Heddon Heddon, Deirdre 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230229730

0230229735

0230229743

9780230229747

OCLC:

827253420