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Zusatztext 'Rather than a single! overarching account of ORLAN's oeuvre! what this book valuably provides is a range of texts exploring overlapping ideas! myriad mouthpieces returning to and unpacking certain qualities of ORLAN's practice in distinctly different ways! suturing and dissecting these into fascinatingly autonomous analyses. For me! quite purposefully! the undisciplined collection of texts in this rigorous and exciting volume morphs in a multitude of ways! much like the artist's own marvellously monstrous practice.' - Rachel Zerihan! Contemporary Theatre Review Informationen zum Autor Simon Donger is a lecturer and a researcher in scenography and performance arts at Central School of Speech and Drama! University of London. Simon Shepherd is Deputy Principal (Academic) and Professor of Theatre at Central School of Speech and Drama! University of London. He is the author of Theatre! Body and Pleasure (Routledge 2006)! and The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre (Cambridge University Press 2009).ORLAN is a multidisciplinary artist! living and working in Los Angeles! New York! and Paris. She is a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Cergy! France. She was formerly scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Klappentext ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks is the first academic study of ORLAN's pioneering art. The book covers her entire career in performance and a range of other art forms. This single accessible overview of ORLAN's practices describes and analyses her various innovative uses of the body as artistic material. Co-edited by Simon Donger! Simon Shepherd and ORLAN herself! the collection highlights her artistic impact from the perspectives of both performance and visual culture. The book features: - Vintage texts on ORLAN's work! including manifestos! key writings and critical studies - New contributions! responses and interviews by leading international specialists on performance and visual arts. - Over 50 images demonstrating ORLAN's art! with 30 full colour pictures - A new essay by ORLAN! written specially for this volume - A full list of ORLAN's art works - A new bibliography of writing on ORLAN Zusammenfassung An in depth retrospective of this most challenging of artists. This book is the first to be edited by Orlan on her own work, covering her career in performance art and its recurring themes of religion, genetics, femininity, and technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Restless Corporealities - Simon DongerPreface 2: The Matter of ORLAN - Simon ShepherdThe Triumph of the Folds - Christine Buci-Glucksmann 1 SEMINAL ARCHIVES2 OPEN BODIES3 HYBRID BODIES4 CURRENT DIALOGUES ...
