Reading Room

Do not pay attention to the dates on the posts below. In the "Year 2000" archives, I am creating a review section with recommended publications. (this project has begun in May 2005)

DO IT FOR ANYTHING'S SAKE. "Perform" by Jens Hoffmann and Joan Jonas

PerformJens Hoffmann and Joan JonasRevolutions are often brought to art by young rebels, restless and impatient with the categories and conventions they encountered, keen to create something "new, different". For better or for worse, they take on the shape of dramatic...

LIVE AND KICKING. "Live. Art and Performance", ed. Adrian Heathfield

Live. Art and Performanceedited by Adrian HeathfieldThe drive to the live has long been the critical concern of performance and Live Art where the embodied event hasbeen employed as a generative force: to shock, to destroy pretence, to break apart traditions of representation,...