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What does the structureless of shock look like?

Started by Jim Daly. Last reply by Bernard Roddy Feb 22. 1 Reply

You can't impose structure on shock, can you? Continue

Bishop and Bourriaud

Started by Bernard Roddy. Last reply by Monica Gontovnik Aug 19, 2016. 1 Reply

Claire Bishop's book, Artificial Hells, provides a useful resource to engage with a set of works in performance of relevance to studio practice today. I am uploading my notes on the the first pages…Continue

Claire Bishop and Nicholas Bourriaud

Started by Bernard Roddy Jul 26, 2016. 0 Replies

Claire Bishop's book, Artificial Hells, provides a useful resource to engage with a set of works in performance of relevance to studio practice today. I am uploading my notes on the the first pages…Continue

Tags: aesthetics, relational, criticism, art, performance

Nowhere Near London (or, The Late Walter Benjamin)

Started by Fred Dalmasso Jun 23, 2016. 0 Replies

is to be given its premiere in the main auditorium at theWatford Palace Theatre on Monday, July 4th, 7.30pmsee …Continue

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OPEN CALL: Symposium Performance Philosophy School of Athens II

Posted by Stella Dimitrakopoulou on July 20, 2017 at 17:30 0 Comments

Athens, 23-24 September 2017

Performance Philosophy School of Athens II, is a two-day symposium, organised by Stefania Mylona and Stella Dimitrakopoulou, in association with the Performance Philosophy network. This year will focus on Performance Dance, performances of all kinds that stand in-between dance and performance art or more broadly the visual arts world. The symposium…
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THE OBJECT TURNED INSIDE OUT

Posted by Allen Alain Viguier on June 16, 2017 at 17:36 0 Comments

Object art is entirely processual and performative. No object preexists a perspective, a context and a participant-observer. The object post-object was not has been turned on its head, and turned inside out. A site dedicated to second order observation.…

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Notes on Performance art, the Body and the Political.pdf

Posted by Andrea Pagnes (VestAndPage) on March 12, 2017 at 15:54 0 Comments

For anyone interested, I have linked on my page profile at the voice 'texts' my curatorial and post event catalogue text of the 2nd Live art exhibition project Venice International Performance Art Week: Ritual Body-Political Body (Venice, 2014).

DAAD Faculty Summer Seminar on Performance Theory/Performance Practice

Posted by David J Levin on February 20, 2017 at 21:17 0 Comments

Hi All, a quick note to remind everyone that applications for the DAAD Faculty Summer Seminar on Performance Theory & Performance Practice to be held on the campus of the University of Chicago are due March 1. The seminar, organized in cooperation with the Chicago Performance Lab, will take place from June 19, 2017-July 15, 2017. Information on stipends & applications can be found …

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  • Dance Philosophers

    Dance Philosophers

    68 members Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2014

  • Black women

    Black women

    2 members Latest Activity: Jul 17

    Interest in the performance of black womanhood or black girlhood 

  • Buddhism and Performance

    Buddhism and Performance

    9 members Latest Activity: Jun 2

    For those interested in Buddhist influences in theatre and performance both in terms of critical discourse and performance practice.

  • Performance Philosophy and Design

    Performance Philosophy and Design

    3 members Latest Activity: May 15

    For anyone working on, or interested in philosophy and the technical elements of performance: sound, lighting, scenic design, costume,…

  • Performance and Science Fiction

    Performance and Science Fiction

    18 members Latest Activity: Nov 2, 2016

    Science Fiction Studies has relied on performance theory in order to define itself.   For instance, the 'father' SF studies, Darko…

  • University of Roehampton

    University of Roehampton

    7 members Latest Activity: Apr 6, 2015

    University of Roehampton staff and students with an interest in Performance Philosophy

  • Music/Performance/Philosophy

    Music/Performance/Philosophy

    52 members Latest Activity: Mar 30

    This group is interested in the multiple relationships between music, performance, and philosophy. No particular methodology or intellectual…

  • PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY - POLAND

    PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY - POLAND

    6 members Latest Activity: Dec 24, 2016

    The aim of the group is to gather scholars living in Poland around the concept of "performance philosophy" to exchange, develop this field…

  • Erotics and drama

    Erotics and drama

    11 members Latest Activity: Jul 19

    A few passages in the Dialectic of Enlightenment suggest a concern with the erotic in the work of Critical Theory; Schopenhauer's philosophy also…

  • Anthropology and Performance

    Anthropology and Performance

    41 members Latest Activity: Jul 17

    This group seeks to focus and foster conversations by and about the relation between anthropology and performance. This can be in the form of…

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