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If You Want Bigger Yorkshire Puddings You Need A Bigger Tin
Video recordings of performance presented as part an extensive programme curated by Lois Keidan and Aaron Wright (Live Art Development Agency) entitled “Just Like A Woman”, composed of lectures, performances, readings, installations, screenings, workshops and debates on performance of identity, is fully dedicated to the impact of performance on feminist histories and the contribution of artists to discourses around contemporary gender politics. From the 19th edition of the City of Women (Mesto žensk) festival – 2-13 October 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia – entitled “Let's create a place for ourselves” on public space and politics.
Conversations with Stalin
A coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Cold War–era New York in a dysfunctional family of first-generation Jewish immigrants.
Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain
Deakin offers a fascinating perspective on modern Britain through the exploration of its waters. This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600).
The Amazing Decade: Women and Performance Art in America, 1970-1980
A detailed study of the role women artists played in the develpment and expansion of performance art
Acts and Apparitions: Discourses on the Real in Performance Practice and Theory, 1990-2010
Examines how contemporary performance practices have been driven by questions of The Real and the consequent political implications of the concept’s disintigrating authority.
Riot
An intellectual biography of artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien , looking at key moments in his career and discussing the influences that shaped them. Contributors: Cynthia Rose, Paul Gilroy, Kobena Mercer, B. Ruby Rich, bell hooks, Giuliana Bruno, Christine Van Assche, Laura Mulvey, Stuart Hall.
Ana Mendieta: Blood and Fire
*currently unavailable*
An overview of Mendieta’s work published to accompany Galerie Lelong’s exhibition 8 September – 8 October 2011. Photographs, film stills, critical texts and interviews.
In The Shadow of the American Dream: the Diaries of David Wojnarowicz
Diaries of the artist David Wojnarowicz, capturing the emotional, sexual and political chaos of modern urban life.
Memories That Smell Like Gasoline
David Wojnarowicz explores memory, the longing for love and sexuality in the specter of AIDS. Cartoons, paintings and writings.
