Site-Specific Art - Performance, Place and Documentation

Site-Specific Art is the first major study of site-specific theatre and performance in North America and Europe since the 1950s. This volume is an astonishing addition to the debates around experimental performance and its documentation.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Spaces 2. Site 3. Materials 4. Frames Conclusion Notes on Contributors Notes Bibliography

About the author

Nick Kaye is Professor and Chair of Drama at the University of Manchester. His publications include Postmodernism and Performance (1994) and Art into Theatre (1996). He is Contributing Editor for Performance Research and has edited special issues of Performance Research and Contemporary Theatre Review as well as contributing articles to numerous art and theatre journals.

Summary

Site-Specific Art is the first major study of site-specific theatre and performance in North America and Europe since the 1950s. This volume is an astonishing addition to the debates around experimental performance and its documentation.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Kaye, Kaye Nick
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2000
• EAN: 9780415185585
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18558-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 620 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; ART / Sculpture & Installation, ART / Performance, Installation art, Performance Art