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Out of Line: The Story of British New Dance

Artist/Author: Judith Mackrell | Reference: P2767 | ISBN: 1-85273-038-2 | Type: Publication

A history of British new dance from its origins in the 1960s to the early 1990s.

Dreams and Deconstructions: Alternative Theatre in Britain

Editor: Sandy Craig | Reference: P2750 | ISBN: 090639919X | Type: Publication

An illustrated account of the development of alternative theatre in Britain over the 60s and 70s.

Disrupting the spectacle: Five years of experimental and fringe theatre in Britain

Artist/Author: Peter Ansorge | Reference: P2755 | ISBN: 0273002554 | Type: Publication

This publication documents the development of British theatre from 1968 to 1973. 

Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Contemporary Experimental Theatre

Artist/Author: Margaret Croyden | Reference: P2751 | ISBN: 0070147809 | Type: Publication

A critical survey of international experimental theatres of the late 20th century, and the social and political condition that bred them.

Performance and Politics in the 1970s

Artist/Author: Various | Digital Reference: EF5167 | Type: Digital File

Documentation of a day of screenings, conversations and presentations which explore, recover and communicate the history of performance art in London and the UK in the 1970s. The day includes a screening of William Raban’s film 72-82 (a history of art and performance at Acme Gallery, London), followed by a panel discussion with William Raban (Professor of Film at London College of Communication), and special guests; a conversation with Hilary Westlake and David Gale (Lumiere & Son); lectures by Naseem Khan, Anne Bean, and Marcia Farquhar; with a keynote by the historian Carolyn Steedman (Emeritus Professor of History, University of Warwick).

 

 

Temporal Drag

Artist/Author: Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz | Reference: P2629 | ISBN: 978-3-7757-2988-8 | Type: Publication

The five works by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz featured in this publication intervene in time-related discourses and practices. Texts by Mathias Danbolt, Diedrich Diederichsen, Elizabeth Freeman, Denis Pernet, Marc Siegel, conversation with the artists by Andrea Thal.

Conversations with Stalin

Artist/Author: Eleanor Antin | Reference: P2547 | ISBN: 978-1557134202 | Type: Publication

A coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Cold War–era New York in a dysfunctional family of first-generation Jewish immigrants.

Isaac Julien: True North Fantome Afrique

Artist/Author: Anthony Appiah, et al. | Reference: P2568 | ISBN: 978-3775718677 | Type: Publication

This book documents the two most recent works by the British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien.

Real Conversations, No.1

Editor: V. Vale | Reference: P2540 | ISBN: 978-1889307091 | Type: Publication

A collection of lengthy interviews with indie-media luminaries Henry Rollins, Billy Childish, Jello Biafra and Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Will/Power

Artist/Author: Papo Colo, et al. | Reference: P2560 | ISBN: 1881390039 | Type: Publication

Exhibition catalogue documenting artorks by Papo Colo, Jimmie Durham, David Hammons, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Adrian Piper, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. 

Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer

Artist/Author: Peter Turchi | Reference: P2513 | ISBN: 978-1595340412 | Type: Publication

Using the map as a metaphor, the author explores how writers and cartographers use many of the same devices for plotting and executing their work. This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600).

The Wild Places

Artist/Author: Robert Macfarlane | Reference: P2507 | ISBN: 978-1847080189 | Type: Publication

An account of visits to various remote places in order to evoke their spirit of wildness punctuated with reflections on climate change, on destruction of habitat, and on the matters of time and belonging. This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600).

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