Performance Matters: Performing Idea – Performative Writing
8th October 3.00-7.30pm
Artist / Author | Oreet Ashery, Mel Brimfield, Gavin Butt, Dominic Johnson, Bird La Bird |
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Publisher | Performance Matters, British Library |
Reference | D2104 |
Date | 2010 |
Type | DVD |
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