Histories and Practices of Live Art

In this dynamic collection a team of experts map the development of Live Art culturally, thematically and historically. Supported with examples from around the world, the text engages with a number of key practices, asking what these practices do and how they can be contextualised and understood.>

List of contents

Introduction: Writing Histories and Practices of Live Art; D.Heddon
Developing Live Art; J.Klein
The Time of Live Art; B.Hoffman
Art, Meeting and Encounter: The Art of Action in Great Britain; R.Hunter & J.B.Hunter
Site: Between Ground and Groundlessness; S.Hodge & C.Turner
Intimacy and Risk in Live Art; D.Johnson
All Together Now: Performance and Collaboration; C.Macdonald
The Politics of Live Art; D.Heddon
Bibliography
Index.

Product details

• Authors: Deirdr Heddon, Deirdre Heddon, Deirdre Klein Heddon, Jennie Klein
• Assisted by: Deirdre Heddon (Editor), Jennie Klein (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9780230229730
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22973-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Theater, B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies