Tempting Failure: Performance Philosophy with Dr Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca
- Date
- Thursday 19 Jul 2018
- Venue
Live Art Development Agency
- Address
The Garrett Centre
117a Mansford Street
E2 6LX
London- Price
- Free, but please reserve a place
Artists and audiences are invited to join this reading and discussion session about performance, philosophy and the Tempting Failure 2018 provocation, Fractured Bodies.
Facilitated by Dr Laura Cull (University of Surrey), founding convener of Performance Philosophy, the session will begin with a reading of selected texts chosen by artists from the Tempting Failure programme, followed by an open discussion about the intersections of philosophy and performance art.
Running from 9 – 22 July, Tempting Failure 2018 brings an international programme of noise and performance art to Croydon, South London.
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