Making a Scene
Sold by Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 22 December 2022
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Add to basketSold by Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 22 December 2022
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTHERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Making a Scene is drawn from papers and discussions first heard at one day conference heldat the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, University of Central England on 5 June 1999:Setting the Scene Henry RogersAn introduction to the themes of Making a Scene and a mapping of the questions and debatesexplored within.Experience and the Expectancy of Speech: Kate LoveKate Love examines the limitations of experience as self-presence while arguing for apolitically efficacious model of experience as the imperative of critical writing and enquiry.Posing the Subject: Performing the Other as Self: Amelia JonesAmelia Jones examines Cindy Sherman's facial expressions and the photographs ofLaura Aguilar to explore the effects of self-imaging; an exploration that proposes self-imagingas a potentially radical strategy of intention in the fields of representation and self formation.Vladimir and Estragon are Still Waiting: Gilane TawadrosGilane Tawdros examines the question 'Why are we here?', posed by Beckett's protagonistsin Waiting for Godot; and through an exploration of the work of Steve McQueen, Sonia Boyceand Isaac Julien, Gilane argues that post-colonial identity within contemporary culturedemands the formation of other questions.Showing Off: Expressionism in the Social: Yve Lomax & Vit HopleyLomax & Hopley ask is it time to show off a theory of expressionism which addresses thequestion of agency without a 'starring' Subject?The Art of Activism: Protest as Performance Peter TatchellPeter Tatchell explores how Outragelous Protest manifests as a subversive act and a queeringof social space. An approach that revitalises political activism through camp and performance.Performative Silence and the Politics of Passivity: Jonathan KatzJonathan Katz reflects on the problems of queer and political activism and, throughexamining the work of Johns, Rauschenberg, Cage and Warhol, argues for the potential ofa performative silence that frustrates the fixing of boundaries and identities.At Your Service: Latina Performance in Global Culture Coco FuscoCoco Fusco reflects on her practice and performances and the fun she has with her audience.After Mourning Sex: Peggy Phelan in conversation with Irit RogoffA discussion between Peggy Phelan and Irit Rogoff about Mourning Sex, performative writing and the politics of performance,
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