Vito Acconci in conversation at Acconci Studio, New York with the Halpern-Rogath Curatorial Seminar at the University of Pennsylvania

This volume, published in conjunction with the opening of the MAI – Marina Abramović Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art – the only venue of its kind for the conservation, production and enjoyment of long-duration performances – is not only a celebration of the project, but also a summary of Abramović career

For over 20 years Marina Abramović has collected materials from film, dance, theatre, music, rituals and performance. For her lecture at Live Culture she wound through a personal visual archive of performance related materials focused around the performing body, its mental and physical limits.This documentation has since been presented with the permission of the artist as part of the Performance Matters, Performing Idea, Performance Lecture Archive; an interactive video archive housed at the Whitechapel Gallery between 2-9 October 2010. The archive looked at examples of the performance lecture as a form of artistic and critical expression and its potential to address a broad range of cultural issues and philosophical ideas.

Excerpt of video documents a live performance held in the summer of 1976. Super 8 film & video, colour, sound.

DVD of performance conceived and Directed by Young Jean Lee

Footage of performance

Discussion of works and creative process of Helen Chadwick in relation to architecture, the body, and identity

This item is part of the ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)

Collection of texts on Actionism in Vienna, including biographies and images.

Critical text with illustrations.

Part of Sacred, a season of contemporary performance at the Chelsea Theatre, London, 19 October 2012 – 1 February 2013. No. 7 of 10. For the complete series see Ref. D2069-D2078.