Performance, Politics, Ethics and Human Rights: Screening Programme
Notes
See accompanying lecture notes (A0205)Compiled for the Long Table on Performance and Human Rights, April 2005 for PSi 12. Partnership between EEC, Queen Mary Univerity of London and the Live Art Development Agency
| Artist / Author | Adrien Sina |
|---|---|
| Reference | D0343 |
| Date | 2005 |
| Type | DVD |
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