Includes instructions from more than 35 artists’ walks along with a section that features the insights and philosophy of Elastic City Founder who spent 14 years presenting and refining walks. The section, titled ‘Creating Your Own Walk,’ covers conceptual, narrative and logistical concerns, how to encourage participation and how to best promote this work.
Charts the historical course of performance in Australia from the happenings of the 1960s, through body art in the 1970s, towards a more political body in the 1980s.
Part of Library of Performing Rights (P3041)
A collection of essays from the leading avant-garde critic of the era focuses on individual performances and performers, providing a unique critical record of their work and of the movement.
The first book-length introduction to and critical analysis of contemporary feminist performance, from Madonna to Karen Finley to Cherrie Moraga.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
A collection of ‘found’ writings about and around Live Art that were originally published, shared, sent, spread and read between January 2012 and December 2014. Selected through recommendations and an open call for submissions, Volume 4 reflects the dynamic, international contexts that Live Art and radical performance-based practices occupy.
Festival programme; in Croatian and English.
Festival dates: 18-25 November 2016 (Zagreb). 20-21 November 2016 (Belgrade), December 2016 (Skopje), May 2017 (London).
In this movie, a young woman wanders around New York City and experiences a few of the sights and sounds of New York including a number of very interesting performance artists.
In this collection of humorous illustrations and text, Finley shows us how to make the most of our dysfunctional qualities.
A collection of texts by several seminal women performance artists. Holly Hughes – 'World Without End'; Beatrice Roth – 'The Father'; Laurie Anderson – from 'United States'; Karen Finley – 'The Constant State of Desire'; Rachel Rosenthal – 'My Brazil'; Laurie Carlos, Jessica Hagedorn, Robbie McCauley – 'Teenytown'; Leeny Sack – 'The Survivor and the Translator'; Lenora Champagne – 'Getting Over Tom'; Fiona Templeton – 'Strange to Relate'.
A collection of spoken word performances from the artist’s show of the same title.
Letters from prison, songs, poems, courtroom statements and tributes to Pussy Riot.
Exploring aesthetics of the 1980s.
David Wojnarowicz's photography, painting, performance, and writing aggressively challenge authority and hypocrisy. Brush Fires in the Social Landscape brings us the voice of an artist who spoke to and for a generation wrestling with issues of sexuality, identity, and the fragility of life.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
Performance photographs/documentation.
Brings together Carr’s writings to offer a detailed and insightful history of performance from the late 70s to today.
This item is part of the Study Room Guide On Disability and New Artistic Models by Aaron Williamson (P1529)
This item is part of the ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)
Anthology of voices of key contemporary artists concerned with feminism, from the 1960s to the 1990s/beginning of 2000s, with text by Reckitt and Phelan. Includes biographical information. This item is part of the Study Room Guide on Performance, Politics, Ethics and Human Rights by Adrien Sina (P0661)
This item is part of the Study Room Guide in Search of a Documentology by Marco Pustianaz (P1115)
This DVD was produced by the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art of Franklin Furnace’s Founding Director, Martha Wilson, on the occasion of the “History of Disappearance” exhibition drawn from Franklin Furnace’s archives.
The Commander-in-Chief and the first lady of domesticity are having an affair…
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
An anthology from High Performance Magazine 1978 – 1998.
A Study Room Guide on eating and dining as explored in performance
Oreet Ashery, Larissa Sansour Ashery, Paul Wolf, Melissa Wolf