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“Piss-Takes”, Tongue-in Cheek Humour and Contemporary Feminist Performance Art
Artist/Author: Jacki Willson | Editor: Katy Deepwell | Reference: A0702 | Type: Article

The article explores the way in which humour is being used by contemporary women performance artists to state the obvious.

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Diamonds & Toads
Artist/Author: The Girls | Digital Reference: EF5163 | Type: Digital File

Video exerpts of a performance work for PayneShurvell, presented as part of the I am a Fantasy exhibition, 15 April to 21 May 2011.

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Going to Extremes
Artist/Author: Dorothy Max Prior | Reference: A0411 | Type: Article

Transgression and transformation, pastiche and pasties – as Dorothy Max Prior loses herself in the world of burlesque performance.

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