Essays on the concept of total theatre, which emerged from the Bauhaus as a new aesthetic of stage design and presentation.
Sheds light on a range of practices in the area of contemporary performance in Australia.
Illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works of leading European choreographers.
Published on the occasion of Touch Time, the festival which marked the closing of Mickery in 1991. Includes a publication and three programmes.
Feature on Duets on Ice, Landfall and Dirtday!.
Focusing upon the production of post-punk art, film, music, and publishing, this book offers new perspectives on an overlooked period of cultural activity, and probes the lessons that might be learnt from history for artists and musicians working under 21st century conditions of austerity.
The first major book on the more than 20-year history of Beaconsfield, an important artists association in London founded by two trained painters David Crawforth and Naomi Siderfin.
This companion book to the exhibition of the same name investigates California’s vital contributions to Conceptual art—in particular, work that emerged in the late 1960s among scattered groups of young artists.
72-82 tells the story of the first ten years of Acme Studios and their ground breaking work providing artists' housing and studios in London. It also features some of the pioneering exhibitions at the Acme Gallery that was based in Covent Garden from 1976-81. The film comprises visual archive materials brought to life by the voices of the artists involved. Interviewees include: Cosey Fanni Tutti, Jock McFadyen and David Critchley.
This item is part of the 'Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art' Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)
Includes biographical sketches of participating dancers, musicians, and visual artists.
A reader for “The Art of Being Many”: an assembly of about 400 artists, activists, researchers and participants from all around the planet who gathered in Hamburg at Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik, 27/28-09-2014. In Miscellaneous Articles folder 4.
This volume documents the innovative oeuvre of Uwe Frank Laysiepen, better known as Ulay. Contributors include: Laurie Anderson, Thomas McEvilley, Timea Lelik, Tevz Logar, Charlemagne Palestine, John Reuter, Silvio Wolf, Marina Abramovic.
Exploration of technology’s influence on artistic performance practices in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Explores technology’s influence on artistic performance practices in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Features excerpts from work done at residencies and workshops at the Khoj Studios.