Collective actions : audience recollections from the first five years, 1976-1981 / translated and edited by Yelena Kalinsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kalinsky, Yelena, translator, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interactive art--Russia (Federation)--Moscow.

Interactive art.

Performance art--Russia (Federation)--Moscow.

Performance art.

Russia (Federation)--Moscow.

Physical Description:

xx, 116 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Soberscove Press, [2012]

Summary:

Active in Moscow since 1976, the Collective Actions group played a key role in the development of performance art in the Soviet Union. Inspired by the work of John Cage, the organizers invited audiences to take part in minimal, outdoor actions in fields and forests on the edges of the city. These spatio-temporal events directed viewers' attention to the pure contemplation of their own perceptions, and over time, the actions produced a great variety of documentary material. This volume concentrates on the early period of field actions when the problems of documentation--how to capture and convey ephemeral action to non-participants--were just beginning to be considered.

Contents:

Audience recollections

Action descriptions (1976-1981)

Preface to Trips out of town, Vol. 1 (1980).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780982409053

0982409052

OCLC:

809612500