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Dangerous Moves: Performance and Politics in Cuba
Exploring performance and politics in the post-revolutionary state, Dangerous Moves presents a fascinating survey of contemporary life and culture in Cuba through some of its most daring and experimental artists.
Performance Art Faction
Performance Art Faction (PAF) was an Arts Council England funded, nine month long holistic project made up of artist residencies, research labs, exhibitions, live performances and open platform events. PAF explored the intersections of contemporary performance art, politics and society with the aim of reawakening the innate political potential of our bodies. Contributors: Benjamin Sebastian, Francesca Lisette, Bean, Jessica Worden, Diana Damian, Robin Bale and Victoria Grey.Artists: Fabiola Paz, Jade Montserrat, Kris Grey, Amber Hawk Swanson, Hugh O’Donnell, Maria José Arjona, Arianna Ferrari, Panopoly Lab (Esther Neff and Brian McCorkle), Burmester & Feigl, Owen Parry, Carlos Salazar Lermont, Helena Walsh introducing Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A and Aliza Shvarts. The publication is a homage to DIY print aesthetics and propaganda art, and includes: Commissioned essays from artists/academics/agitators, Film & Photographic documentation, Open Call & Research Lab roll calls, PAF memorabilia, PAF Artists' bios & photographs, ]ps[ manifesto. Shelved in Oversize publications section.
Giovanna Maria Casetta: Retrospective Box
The Retrospective Box is a retrospective of Giovanna Maria Casetta’s practice to date which spans almost twenty years, documented through writings, conversations, images, film and artefacts. The box contains two books, one interview, artist’s notes, slides, postcards and three DVDs – two Artist’s films and one a document of the Artist’s work. Shelved in Oversize publications section.
Artist Op-Eds - Polemic of Blood Ron Athey on the “Post-AIDS” Body
Ron Athey contributes to the fourth installment of the Walker Art Center Artist Op-Eds series. Examining the thinking of artists as citizens and change-makers, this series of commissioned opinion pieces features provocative reactions to the headlines.
Lechedevirgen Trimegisto
Video documentation, trailer and still pictures from Felipe Osornio’s – aka Lechedevirgen Trimegisto – “Inferno Variete – Devoción”, a performance project recovering and reinterpreting the theoretical and historical approaches of artists, activists, academics and representative figures around the themes of masculinity, violence against sexual minorities, gender performativity, decolonialism and body art.
Endurance
Endurance was a three-day programme of screenings, performances and exhibition exploring the physical and mental limits of human experience (24 April – 26 June 2008 at VIVID, Birmingham). This forder includes flyers, programme and booklet with programme notes and texts by Tracey Warr, Kay Winwood, Deborah Kermode.
Rosso Vivo: Mutazione, Trasfigurazione e Sangue nell’Arte Contemporanea
Short review of exhibition. Text in Italian with images of works by the artists.
La Congelada de Uva: Performances
Compilation of exerpts of performaces by the controversial performance artist from Mexico.
Regina José Galindo
A book on Galindo’s performance work. Text in Italian, Spanish and English.
Apsolutni Umjetnik / Absolute Artist : Antonio Gotovac Lauer
Publication commemorating the activity of late artist Antonio G. Lauer, a.k.a Tomislav Gotovacho, who had a specially important influence on the art – performance scene in Croatia.
