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An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Performance Art : SELF/s

Artist/Author: T. J. Bacon | Reference: P4212 | ISBN: 978-1-78938-530-4 | Type: Publication

Applying a queer phenomenology to unpack the importance of a multiplicity of Self/s, the book guides readers to be academically rigorous when capturing embodied experiences, featuring exercises to activate their practices and clear introductory definitions to key phenomenological terms. Includes interviews and insights from some of the best examples of transgressive performance art practice of this century help to help unpack the application of phenomenology as Bacon calls for a queer reimagining of Heidegger’s ‘The Origin of the Work of Art.’

The Aesthetics of Disengagement: Contemporary Art and Depression

Artist/Author: Christine Ross | Reference: P3653 | ISBN: 978-0816645398 | Type: Publication

Shows how contemporary art is a powerful yet largely unacknowledged player in the articulation of depression in Western culture, both adopting and challenging scientific definitions of the condition. Ross explores the ways in which contemporary art performs the detached aesthetics of depression, exposing the viewer's loss of connection and ultimately redefining the function of the image. 

Mesearch and the Performing Body

Artist/Author: Mark Edward | Reference: P3627 | ISBN: 978-3-319-69997-4 | Type: Publication

An anthology of Edward’s creative practice-led projects.  Through the innovative practice of ‘mesearch’, in which the author is both theoriser and theorised, this study delivers a personal, creative narration, combining reflections and emotions in relation to self and performance.

An autobiography of hands: how to train in sleight of hand magic

Artist/Author: Augusto Corrieri | Reference: P3418 | Type: Publication

First-person account of an intensive process of training in sleight of hand magic, undertaken by Corrieri in his teenage years. Accompanied by a short online video, as well as illustrations from a classic book on coin magic, the text explores the configuration of the magician’s studio, the relation to the mirror, and the forms of exchange with other sleight of hand magicians.