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Against The Romance Of Community
Artist/Author: Miranda Joseph | Reference: P3325 | ISBN: 978-0816637966 | Type: Publication

Explores sites where the ideal of community relentlessly recurs, from debates over art and culture in the popular media, to the discourses and practices of nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, to contemporary narratives of economic transformation or “globalization.” 

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1ltre of blood 100kgs of bullets / Pledge
Artist/Author: Rebecca Cunningham | Reference: D2255 | Type: DVD

Documentation from two performances, presented at Brisbane Arts (2007) and MAJU JAYA Performance Art Festival (2007).

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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Long Suffering: American Endurance Art as Prophetic Witness
Artist/Author: Karen Gonzalez Rice | Reference: P3230 | ISBN: 978-047205324 | Type: Publication

Links avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic, religious discourse in the United States

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Performance Works 2008-2017
Artist/Author: Soni Kum | Reference: D2240 | Type: DVD

Includes: Foreign Sky, Beast of Me and Still Hear the Wound.

Catalogued with a spanned DVD.

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Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation
Artist/Author: Richard Sennett | Reference: P3096 | ISBN: 978-0141022109 | Type: Publication

From Medieval guilds to today’s social networks, Sennett’s book explores the nature of co-operation, why it has become weak and how it can be strengthened.
Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Kids (P3091).

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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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Joss Carter documentation
Reference: P3052 | Type: Publication

Includes: Salavation poster and flyer, a production package, and a usb with video and photo documentation.

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Accidental Tourist
Artist/Author: Adrian Howells | Digital Reference: EF5194 | Type: Digital File

A TV documentary following Howells' visit to Israel, where he performed at the Women's International Festival. With Hebrew and Russian subtitles. 

42 minutes. 

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Ana Mendieta
Editor: Gloria Moure | Reference: P2887 | ISBN: 978-8434308213 | Type: Publication

This publication sets out to make Mendieta's figure more public in order to secure her rightful place in the chronicle of contemporary art.

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The Garden of Adrian
Artist/Author: Adrian Howells | Reference: D2205 | Type: DVD

 This DVD is currently missing. The digital file can be viewed in the Study Room. The reference is EF5195.

One-to-one performance, situated within a garden designed by Scottish artist Minty Donald.

2009.

46 minutes

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