Performance projections : film and the body in action / Stephen Barber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, Stephen, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance art.

Projection art.

Film criticism.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Film does far more than document performance-it actively recreates the time and space of performance and overhauls its rapport with the viewer's eye and body. The first book to look in-depth at the intersection of film and performance in relation to issues and theories of space, Performance Projections travels from the origins of film in Europe and the United States to the world of digital media today, exploring the dynamic relationship between these vitally connected ideas. Drawing from a wide range of examples-including film depictions of German and Japanese and Chinese performance.

Contents:

Cover; Performance Projections: Film and the Body in Action; Imprint Page; Contents; Part one: In Transit: Between and Across Performance and Film; Part two: Performance's Elsewheres: Rooftops, Courtyards, Subterranean Spaces; Part three: Corporeal Projections: Marks of the Body; Part four: Riot Performance: Filmings of Human Uproar; Part five: Image Interzones: The Digital World and Performance; Coda: The Lost Films of Performance; References; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 31, 2015).

ISBN:

9781780234090

1780234090

OCLC:

914328610