This item is part of the Study Room Guide on Performance, Politics, Ethics and Human Rights by Adrien Sina (P0661)

establishment report for the New Work Network

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

For short edited version see REF. D1898.

In September 2012 the “Truth is concrete”, 24/7 marathon camp took place. With around 300 lectures, panels, tactic talks, performances, concerts, films, workshops and a parallel, self-curated, spontaneous Open marathon, “Truth is concrete” created a 170-hour performative space for thinking and networking in the city of Graz, Austria. Two newspaper style programmes (different cover) in foder.

A series of Talking Heads from UK-based Live Artists exploring their motivation for making work and sharing some of their documentation. A special screening programme curated by Andrew Mitchelson (Live Art Development Agency) for Corpo-Copia, a documentation and tracesspace within the Political Compositions Programme of the Panorama Festival 2011.

Fusco undermines notions of a monolithic Latino identity by examining the role of race in a broad spectrum of Latin American, U.S. and (to a lesser extent) British black and Latino culture and art. This result in a pastiche of autobiographical political essays and art criticism along with transcripts of performance pieces developed in collaboration with performance artist and poet Guillermo Gomez-Peña. These include Andres Serrano, Pepon Osorio, Lorna Simpson, Graciela Iturbide, Lourdes Grobet, Yolanda Andrade, Juan Sanchez, Ana Mendieta, Catalina Parra and the film collectives Black Audio and Sankofa.

Publication focusing on the problems of establishing an authentic Black arts tradition in the UK. The book raises vital questions about the limitations of western elite culture and its spectrum of art forms.

This item is referenced in the Making Routes Study Room Guide (P1964).