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Spent

Artist/Author: Jordan McKenzie | Reference: P3178 | Type: Publication

An ongoing series of auto-drawings exploring libidinal economies and sexual desire. Started in 2009, these works (which will continue for the rest of McKenzie's life) are made by the artist orgasming onto Universal Litmus paper, the results being meticulously recorded not only visually but also in terms of the date and time that they were 'composed'. 

Case of Emergency: Emergent Writings on Live Art and Performance

Editor: David Frankovich, et al. | Reference: P2774 | ISBN: 978-952-6670-55-3 | Type: Publication

*currently unavailable*

A catalogue of new writing on performance including essays and dialogues around emergency.

My Body is the Event Vienna Actionism and International Performance

Artist/Author: Various | Reference: P2735 | ISBN: 978-3-902947-22-2 | Type: Publication

This exhibition booklet looks closely at the performative aspects of the action work by Vienna Actionists Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Otto Muehl, and Rudolf Schwarzkogler contrasted with works by significant international practitioners of performance art, such as Marina Abramovic, Chris Burden, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Paul McCarthy, Ana Mendieta, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Gina Pane, Neša Paripovic, Ewa Partum, Carolee Schneemann, and VALIE EXPORT.

Ranchero

Artist/Author: Jamie McMurry | Reference: P2738 | ISBN: 5-800066-758922 | Type: Publication

Catalugue accompanying the performance work  presented by FADO Performance Art Centre in the context of the 8th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art.

Sudden as a Massacre

Artist/Author: Kate Gilmore | Digital Reference: EF5159 | Type: Digital File

Clip of a site-specific installation, video, and performance-based project. In a private performance for the camera, a quintet of women will tear apart an enormous cube comprising more than5,050 pounds of wet clay. As the block disappears, the space will be covered in the evidence of action.

Joseph Beuys Handaktion 1968 & Anatol Herzfeld Der Tisch 1968

Artist/Author: Eva Beuys | Reference: P2563 | ISBN: 9783865219046 | Type: DVD

Book in German language with performance images and a DVD documentation in digipak sealed inside cardboard slipcase. DVD was copied from 16-mm original from 1968. Book and DVD to be stored in the case.

Jan Fabre: Stigmata - Actions and Performances 1976-2013

Artist/Author: Germano Celant | Reference: P2452 | ISBN: 978-8857221243 | Type: Publication

Brings together the action art and performances of the Belgian artist from the 70s to the present: drawings, thinking models, collages, films, photos and other documentation.

Ren Qian works 2007-9

Artist/Author: Ren Qian | Reference: D1929 | Type: DVD

Collection of images, texts and various documents of the artist’s work between 2007 and 2009.

China Collection

Artist/Author: He Chengyao, Cang Ying, Huang Rui, He Yonchang, Anthony Leung Po Shan, Yang Zhichao, Wen Yau, Ji Shenghli, Yu Wei-Te, Huang Yan, Zhu Ming, X. Huang, Zhu Fadong, Han Bing. | Reference: P2010 | Type: Publication

Collection of documents of performance work by Chinese artists.

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