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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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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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Experimental Residency Programs for Artists & Academics (Spring/Summer 2017)

Posted by Aaron Finbloom on February 7, 2017 at 16:46 0 Comments

The School of Making Thinking hosts a summer residency program for qualified artists and thinkers to work alongside each other for one to three week sessions. We continually experiment with structure, approaches to programming, and alternative pedagogies. Our residents have included sound and performance artists, poets, philosophers, painters, botanists, dancers, playwrights, filmmakers, video artists, documentarians, and historians, among other diverse practices.
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Nowhere Near London (or, The Late Walter Benjamin)

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

Last Train (a thought thriller) - HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016

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Last Train - a thought thrillera play of voices by Fred Dalmasso & John Schad - based on John Schad’s 2007 book Someone Called DerridaHowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016…Continue

Theatre, Performance and Philosophy Working Group : Call for Papers

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The co-convenors are delighted to issue a call for papers for the forthcoming conference at the University of Bristol in September on any topic exploring the relation of theatre, dance or performance…Continue

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Theatre, Performance and Philosophy @ TaPRA 2015 Conference: at University of Salford

August 30, 2017 at 9pm to September 1, 2017 at 6pm
 Call for PapersThe Theatre, Performance and Philosophy Working Group co-convenors are delighted to issue a call for papers for the forthcoming conference at the University of Salford in September on any topic exploring the relation of theatre, dance or performance to philosophy. The working group’s mission is to encourage interdisciplinary debates addressing any aspect of philosophical research into the area of theatre and performance – deriving either from a continental perspective, or coming…See More
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For & Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet - Deadline: Friday 15th January 2017

For & Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet Invitation to participate in a public symposiumFriday…See More
Jan 8
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Nowhere Near London (or, The Late Walter Benjamin)

is to be given its premiere in the main auditorium at theWatford Palace Theatre on Monday, July 4th, 7.30pmsee http://watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/local-company/nowhere-near-londonA room in the late 1940s and four cold men drawn to a telepathic girl who walks with a dangerous Romeo.Juggling realism, surrealism and even pantomime, Nowhere Near London explores the earliest days of the South Oxhey…See More
Jun 23, 2016
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Last Train (a thought thriller) - HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016

Last Train - a thought thrillera play of voices by Fred Dalmasso & John Schad - based on John Schad’s 2007 book Someone Called DerridaHowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016https://howthelightgetsin.iai.tv/events/last-train-to-oxford-2309Someone called Jacques Derrida, the philosopher, someone called him on the phone, someone who was dead.  A mystery, he thought, a mystery that begins in 1968 when…See More
May 28, 2016
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Last Train - HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016

Last Train - a thought thrillera play of voices by Fred Dalmasso & John Schad - based on John Schad’s 2007 book Someone Called DerridaHowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016https://howthelightgetsin.iai.tv/events/last-train-to-oxford-2309Someone called Jacques Derrida, the philosopher, someone called him on the phone, someone who was dead.  A mystery, he thought, a mystery that begins in 1968 when…See More
May 28, 2016
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Fred Dalmasso posted a discussion

Theatre, Performance and Philosophy Working Group : Call for Papers

The co-convenors are delighted to issue a call for papers for the forthcoming conference at the University of Bristol in September on any topic exploring the relation of theatre, dance or performance to philosophy.  The working group’s mission is to encourage interdisciplinary debates addressing any aspect of philosophical research into the area of theatre and performance – deriving either from a continental perspective, or coming from within the analytical tradition.This year, the convenors…See More
Apr 4, 2016
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ICONIC VENUE ON TRACK TO EXPLORE CONTROVERSIAL PHILOSOPHER DERRIDA at Sheldonian Theatre - Oxford

June 1, 2015 from 7pm to 8:45pm
Someone Called Derrida at the Sheldonian - Monday 1 June, 7pmOxford’s iconic Sheldonian Theatre, which once hosted a famous interview with the controversial philosopher Jacques Derrida, is the setting for a performance of an acclaimed play exploring Derrida’s vexed and haunted relationship to Oxford.Derrida spoke to a packed audience at the Sheldonian in February 1992.* Just a month later, in Cambridge, a number of dons famously opposed his nomination for the award of an honorary doctorate.Over…See More
May 13, 2015
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Fred Dalmasso replied to Laura Cull's discussion PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Aug 9, 2013
Fred Dalmasso joined Liza Kharoubi-Echenique's group
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PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY - FRANCE

The aim of the group is to gather scholars living in France around the concept of "performance philosophy" to exchange, develop this field of study, and possibly create future events in French Universities. See More
Apr 16, 2013
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Fred Dalmasso joined Eve Katsouraki's group
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TaPRA Theatre Performance & Philosophy

The focus of the group’s activity is the examination of any aspect of theatre and performance through philosophical frameworks. Ever since Aristotle’s Poetics in the West, and Natyashastra in what is now South Asia, philosophy has played a major role in relation to theatre, both in explaining the phenomena associated with theatre and in influencing theatre practice and theory. Besides examining the often overlooked historical links between philosophy and theatre in the works and plays of given…See More
Jan 3, 2013
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Fred Dalmasso joined Edward Lewis's group
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MARXISM AND PERFORMANCE

MARXISM AND PERFORMANCEDespite efforts to declare the Grand Narrative of Marxism dead, at this time of crisis the need for performance based on a clearly defined progressive agenda underpinned by a clear philosophy is paramount. Anyone interested in exploring Marxist focused reponses in and to eprformance is invited to join this group. See More
Jan 3, 2013
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Fred Dalmasso is now a member of Performance Philosophy
Sep 3, 2012
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For & Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet - Deadline: Friday 15th January 2017

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For & Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet

Invitation to participate in a public symposium…

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Last Train - HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016

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Last Train - a thought thriller

a play of voices by Fred Dalmasso & John Schad - based on John Schad’s 2007 book Someone Called Derrida

HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye 31st May 2016

https://howthelightgetsin.iai.tv/events/last-train-to-oxford-2309

Someone called Jacques Derrida, the philosopher, someone called him on the phone, someone who was dead.  A…

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