Histories of performance documentation : museum, artistic, and scholarly practices / edited by Gabriella Giannachi and Jonah Westerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giannachi, Gabriella, editor.

Westerman, Jonah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum techniques.

Art museums.

Performance art--Exhibitions.

Performance art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

ix, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

Histories of Performance Documentation traces the many ways in which museums have approached performance works from the 1960s onwards, considering the unique challenges of documenting live events. From hybrid and interactive arts, to games and virtual and mixed reality performance, this collection investigates the burgeoning role of the performative in museum displays. Gabriella Giannachi and Jonah Westerman bring together interviews and essays by leading curators, conservators, artists and scholars from institutions including MoMA, Tate, SFMOMA and the Whitney, to examine a range of interdisciplinary practices that have influenced the field of performance documentation. Chapters build on recent approaches to performance analysis, which argue that it should not focus purely on the live event, and that documentation should not be read solely as a process of retrospection. These ideas create a radical new framework for thinking about the relationship between performance, and its documentation-and how this relationship might-shape ideas of what constitutes performance in the first place. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Interviews 13

1 Museum of Modern Art, New York / Stuart Comer, Chief Curator in the Department of Media and Performance Art, Michelle Elligott, Chief of Archives Archives, Michelle Elligott, Chief of, Ana Janevski, Associate Curator in the Department of Media and Performance Art, In conversation, Jonah Westerman, April 2015 April, Jonah Westerman, 2015 15

2 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York / Jay Sanders, Engell Speyer Family Curator and Curator of Performance, in conversation conversation, Jay Sanders, Engell Speyer Family Curator and Curator of Performance, in, Jonah Westerman, April 2015 April, Jonah Westerman, 2015 21

3 Tate, London / Catherine Wood, Senior Curator International Art. (Performance); and Pip Laurenson, Head of Collection Care Research, in conversation conversation, Catherine Wood, Senior Curator International Art. (Performance); and Pip Laurenson, Head of Collection Care Research, in, Jonah Westerman, June 2016 June, Jonah Westerman, 2016 28

4 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Jill Sterrett, Director of Collections and Conservation Conservation, Jill Sterrett, Director of Collections and, Rudolf Frieling, Curator for Media Arts Arts, Rudolf Frieling, Curator for Media, Frank Smigiel, Associate Curator for Performance and Film, in conversation conversation, Frank Smigiel, Associate Curator for Performance and Film, in, Gabriella Giannachi, August 2015 August, Gabriella Giannachi, 2015 35

5 Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Christiane Berndes, Curator and Head of Collection Collection, Christiane Berndes, Curator and Head of, Annie Fletcher, Chief Curator, in conversation conversation, Annie Fletcher, Chief Curator, in, Jonah Westerman, February 2015 February, Jonah Westerman, 2015 42

6 The Kitchen, New York / Tim Griffin, Executive Director and Chief Curator, in conversation conversation, Tim Griffin, Executive Director and Chief Curator, in, Jonah Westerman, April 2015 April, Jonah Westerman, 2015 48

7 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis / Philip Bithcr Bithcr, Philip, William, Nadine McGuire, Director and Senior Curator, Performing Arts Arts, Nadine McGuire, Director and Senior Curator, Performing, Eric Crosby, Associate Curator, Visual Arts Arts, Eric Crosby, Associate Curator, Visual, Robin Dowden, Director, New Media Initiatives Initiatives, Robin Dowden, Director, New Media, Fiomi Meade, Artistic Director, in conversation conversation, Fiomi Meade, Artistic Director, in, Jonah Westerman, April 2015 April, Jonah Westerman, 2015 54

8 Performa, New York / RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator, in conversation conversation, RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator, in, Jonah Westerman, May 2015 May, Jonah Westerman, 2015 60

9 LIMA, Amsterdam / Gaby Wijers, Director, in conversation conversation, Gaby Wijers, Director, in, Jonah Westerman, February 2015 February, Jonah Westerman, 2015 66

10 Pics or it didn't happen / Catherine Wood, including an interview interview, Catherine Wood, including an, Amalia Ulman Ulman, Amalia 72

Part II Essays 91

11 Performing the archive and exhibiting the ephemeral / Barbara Clausen Clausen, Barbara 93

12 At the edge of the 'living present': re-enactments and re-interpretations as strategies for the preservation of performance and new media art / Gabriella Giannachi Giannachi, Gabriella 115

13 Documenting interaction / Katja Kwastek Kwastek, Katja 132

14 Screen capture and replay: documenting gameplay as performance / Henry Lowood Lowood, Henry, Eric Kaltman Kaltman, Eric, Joseph C. Osborn Osborn, Joseph C. 149

15 Mixed reality performance through ethnography / Peter Tolmie Tolmie, Peter, Steve Benford Benford, Steve 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138184145

1138184144

9781138184138

1138184136

OCLC:

979565655