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The Role of the Performance Document: The Photographic Paradox and the Ephemeral Event
Simon, Danni E., «The Role of the Performance Document: The Photographic Paradox and the Ephemeral Event». M.A., Sotheby’s Institute of Art – New York, Ann Arbor, United States 2015 Abstract In contemporary artistic practice, there has been a resurgence of performance- based work, resulting in an unprecedented interest in performance documentation. As performance art proliferates and gains admission into the exhibitions and archives of the traditional visual arts institution, the question of how to institutionalize these ephemeral practices comes to the fore. The documentation of performance, specifically the photographic document, has proven to be pivotal in the collection, preservation, and institutionalization of transient art. Now, more than ever before, the…
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Performing the image: Representations of the body in the avant -garde
Hein, Nina, «Performing the image: Representations of the body in the avant -garde». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2005 Abstract This dissertation provides an interdisciplinary analysis of body imagery in Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism. Building on existing discourse on the body from aesthetic, sociohistorical and philosophical perspectives, the dissertation highlights the work of specific avant-garde artists who actively redefine the body in their work. Specifically, I analyze visual representations of the body in several media—painting, sculpture, photography, theatre performance, and film—as well as imagery of the body in avant-garde manifestos and theoretical and literary texts. I show how the avant-garde represented and promoted certain body images as part of…
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Staging visibilities: Stanislavsky’s system, photography, and epistemologies of the body, 1870–1938
Kairschner, Shawn Travis, «Staging visibilities: Stanislavsky’s system, photography, and epistemologies of the body, 1870–1938». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2007 Abstract This dissertation locates turn of the century acting techniques within a set of diagnostic discourses that strive to convert the body’s visible surfaces into legible signs of invisible psychic interiority. To facilitate the reading of somatic surfaces, these discourses deployed photographic imaging technologies capable of rendering the surface of the body transparent. I argue that the period’s foremost theater artists, notably Andre Antoine and Konstantin Stanislavsky, applied “photographic” diagnostics to their rehearsal processes and acting systems. These figures developed hermeneutic strategies that enabled actors, during rehearsals, to extrapolate…
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Framing Brecht: Photography and Experiment in the Modellbuecher, “Arbeitsjournale”, and “Kriegsfibel”
Imbrigotta, Kristopher, «Framing Brecht: Photography and Experiment in the Modellbuecher, “Arbeitsjournale”, and “Kriegsfibel”». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2013 Abstract Theater is not just a visual art form but also a performative and interactive one. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) developed an innovative theater aesthetic that engaged in distinct ways with visual imagery—especially photographs. These images were vital to both the performance aspect and dramaturgical reception of his craft. Photographs figure significantly in his prose and poetry as well as his essayistic work. While scholars have devoted attention to Brecht’s films and his work in other experimental media, few have addressed the fundamental questions I investigate: How does Brecht employ photography…
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The Archive Effect: Archival Footage as an Experience of Reception / Baron, Jaimie
Baron, Jaimie, «The Archive Effect: Archival Footage as an Experience of Reception». Projections, 6, 2, (2012), pp. 102-120
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White Negro: Jeff Wall’s Uncle Tom on the Obscenity of Photopantomime / Michel, Régis
Michel, Régis, «White Negro: Jeff Wall's Uncle Tom on the Obscenity of Photopantomime». Oxford Art Journal, 30, 1, (2007), pp. 57-68
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Memory texts and memory work: Performances of memory in and with visual media / Kuhn, Annette
Kuhn, Annette, «Memory texts and memory work: Performances of memory in and with visual media». Memory Studies, , , (), pp. 298–313
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Documenting performance art: documentation in practice / Woolley, Michael J. H.
Woolley, Michael J. H., «Documenting performance art: documentation in practice». International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 10, 1, (2014), pp. 48-66
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Helena Almeida / Sardo, Delfim
Sardo, Delfim, «Helena Almeida». Aperture, , 221, (2015), pp. 58-67
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Theatre Photography between Theatre and Performance / Anderson, Joel
Anderson, Joel, «Theatre Photography between Theatre and Performance». Focales, , n° 3 : Photographie & Arts de la scène, (2018), pp.
