Interdisciplinary Performance: Reformatting Reality

by Natasha Lushetich

Overview

Spanning a hundred years (1910 - 2010) and three geographical locations - Europe, Japan and North America - this unique book examines the capacity of performance to recode reality. It argues for a seamless continuity between philosophy, critical theory and artistic practice. Each chapter ends with scores, providing readers with the opportunity to explore the discussed ideas in an embodied, and, where applicable, interactional way.

The book's analysis of such landmark phenomena as the ready-made, action painting, intermedia, feminine writing, identity politics, cyborgian bio-art and ludic (h)activism make it an invaluable source for practical theorists, and undergraduate and Masters-level students of performance studies, performing arts, fine and visual arts and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137335012
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/13/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Natasha Lushetich lectures at the University of Exeter, UK, where her specialist areas include intermedia, live art, questions of identity and ideology, and performance and philosophy.
Natasha Lushetich lectures at the University of Exeter, UK, where her specialist areas include intermedia, live art, questions of identity and ideology, and performance and philosophy.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART I: THE DYNAMIC TURN
1. Vital Action
2. The World Becomes
3. The Quest for Authenticity
PART IIl THE DECONSTRUCTIVE TURN
4. Against Commodity Fetishism
5. The Way of the Body
6. Resisting Determination, Resisting Interpretation
7. Biopower and Female Writing
8. Identity Politics
PART III: THE DIGITAL TURN
9. Mixing Reality
10. Ludic (H)activism
11. Beyond the Human-Non-Human Divide
Epilogue.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

A committed voyage into performance praxis and synthesizing thought. This book offers a timely account of how bold and sometimes bizarre interdisciplinary combinations in performance can change the way we see the world; how they make a difference. This is not the sound of one hand clapping, but a guide book for stimulating, relevant and, above all, new performance work.' – Adrian Palka, Coventry University, UK

'Exploring interdisciplinarity as a form of 'thinking by doing', Lushetich delivers a much-needed analysis via an expansive selection of performance examples, historical contexts and critical materials that span the twentieth century. It includes performative provocations that will be useful for teachers, students and creative practitioners who wish to undertake embodied research of the sort interrogated within its pages. A very welcome addition to my bookshelf!' – Gianna Bouchard, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Editorial Reviews

"This book's synthesis of theory, performance analysis, and artistic pedagogy makes it useful for students, teachers, and practitioners of theatre, performance, and visual arts." --TDR: The Drama Review, Vol. 62 (2)

From the Publisher