On the use of extreme in performance.
This item is part of the ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)
An original and inventive resource for anyone interested in contemporary performance practices and their relationships with audiences.
Nearly thirty years after the first edition, this text–by now a classic–is republished with all the original photographic material.
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 ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)
This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600) and the Study Room Guide: you may perform a spell against madness by Lone Twin (P0755)
Catalogue published on the occasion of the homonymous exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on view 8 November 2008 – 8 February 2009.
Excerpts from eight projects: Walking After Acconci (Redirected Approaches) 2005, Kiss My Nauman 2007, Walk With Nauman (Re-Performance Corridor) 2006, Re-Learning Piece 2008, Silent Sound 2006, Precious Little Series 2001-2007, File under Sacred Music 2003, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds music video 2007-2009.
Interviews on curating.
This ‘exhibition in a book’ features the work of over 100 artists who examine the place and function of performance in the contemporary world.