Artist/Author: Sam Čermák | Editor: Amelia G. Jones and Marsha Meskimmon | Reference: P4319 | ISBN: 9781526190697 | Type: Publication
This book traces the early history of performance art in the former Czechoslovakia, which developed in the 1960s and 1970s amid the Prague Spring and the subsequent Normalization period marked by censorship, prosecution, and state pressure on artists.
Artist/Author: The Hologram | Reference: P4315 | Type: Publication
The Hologram is a feminist health militia that produces networks where we can practice skills like trust, communication, and cooperation that will help us outlast capitalism.
Artist/Author: Daniel Oliver | Editor: David Caines, Mary Kate Connolly | Reference: A0951 | Type: Article
From the artist: This is a neurodivergently true story about neurotransgressive performance (which I call proper performance). It contains some magic green liquid and a bit of an accidental erection.
Artist/Author: Ocean Stefan | Editor: David Caines, Mary Kate Connolly | Reference: A0944 | Type: Article
In a cyclical feat of endurance and precision, Blood Show is a raw, euphoric choreography between 3 figures and 75 litres of fake blood. A call to action to put what’s inside on the outside and defend against a violent gaze, Blood Show questions rebirth and how we all carry our ghosts with us.
Artist/Author: Forced Entertainment | Editor: Adrian Heathfield | Reference: P4306 | ISBN: 978-3-95905-385-3 | Type: Publication
Making performance works for four decades, British experimental theatre collective Forced Entertainment has become globally renowned for its singular aesthetic and audacious events, melding narrative fragments with strange acts, broken poetry, audience provocations, and comcial failure. With its low-fi theatre, intimate text-based works, and epic durational spectacles, the group has profoundly influenced the international performance scene, evoking and testing the politics of contemporary life.
Based on The Search for Power lecture-performance, this book contains the performance script, designed archival documents, and reflections by the collaborating artist and historian.
Artist/Author: LGBTQIA+ Cultural Barometer | Reference: P4250 | Type: Publication
Research Highlights: Documenting and understanding experiences of backlash currently being received against LGBTQIA+ cultural programming and/or creatives in the UK’s cultural sector from 2020-2025.