Happenings and Other Acts (Worlds of Performance) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415099366 ISBN 13: 9780415099363

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

About this title

Review:

Yo', what's Happening(s)? If that question ever occurred to you, this compendium should prove invaluable. Packed with primary material--performance scores, interviews with John Cage and Ann Halprin as well as manifestos penned by the cutting-edgiest of the avant-garde--this book provides an illuminating and provocative look at an enigmatic form that is often misunderstood and undervalued..

Synopsis:

At last these and other teasing fundamental questions are answered in this extraordinary volume. Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avantgarde artists and performers are presented here for the first time since they were originally published. They include: Allan Kaprow John Cage Yvonne Rainer Claes Oldenburg Ann Halprin George Maciunas Happenings and Other Acts is a unique and important collection of original material, and concludes with a specia essay by Gunther Berghaus on European happenings.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415099366
• ISBN 13: 9780415099363
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Sandford Mariellen