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Nothing Up My Sleeve: An Exhibition Based on the Work of Stuart Sherman
Artist/Author: Stuart Sherman | Reference: P2583 | ISBN: 978-098023-241-7 | Type: Publication

The book is an extension of the exhibition, composed of entries from each performer/artist celebrating the work of Stuart Sherman.

Andy Kaufman authenticity Carol Bove Harry Houdini Humor illusion James Lee Byars Jonathan Berger Lia Gangitano Mark Bradford Matthew Brannon Molly McGarry performance art reality spectacle Vaginal Davis

Male Trouble: Masculinity and the Performance of Crisis
Artist/Author: Fintan Walsh | Reference: P2409 | ISBN: 9780230579699 | Type: Publication

Male Trouble explores how Wetern masculinity has increasingly appeared as a troubled gender category in recent times, using a variety of performative case studies. Includes a chapter on work by Ron Athey and Franko B.

A Pageant of Great Women AIDS autobiography bleeding blood body crisis criticism David Blaine femininity feminism film Fintan Welsh Franko B gay gender HIV hypermasculine identity male body Mark O' Rowe Mark Ravenhill masculinity masochism men patriarchy performance performance art politics power psychoanalysis queer ritual Ron Athey sacrifice sexuality spectacle the abject theatre theory trauma troubled masculinity

European Studies in Culture and Policy: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Artist/Author: Sandra Johnston | Editor: Mairead Nic Craith and Ullrich Kockel | Reference: P2322 | ISBN: 978-3-643-90440-9 | Type: Publication

An investigation of doubt, risk, and testimony through performance art process in relation to systems of legal justice

doubt human rights performance art protest risk spectacle terrorism

Splat!
Artist/Author: The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein | Reference: D2117 | Type: DVD

Film of performance created for SPILL Festival of Performance, London 2013.

camp club comedy dance feminism feminist Pacitti Company popular culture queer risk spectacle theatre trash women

Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Artist/Author: Alison Chernick | Reference: D2102 | ISBN: 5060103790999 | Type: DVD

Documentary of the making of Barney’s film Drawing Restraint 9.

Björk documentary film spectacle visual art

Improperganda: The Art of the Publicity Stunt
Editor: Mark Borkowski | Reference: P2264 | ISBN: 9781903399002 | Type: Publication

Collection of photographs with critical text.

happenings intervention photographs photography site specific spectacle stunt

Art and Agenda: Political Art and Activism
Artist/Author: Various | Reference: P2266 | ISBN: 9783899553420 | Type: Publication

Artists’ work and critical texts.

activism Ai Weiwei Aram Bartholl Brad Downey Elmgreen & Dragset Fernando Bryce Gregor Schneider Hank Willis Thomas Ingar Dragset Jennifer Karady Jota Castro Marina Abramović Maurizio Cattelan Michael Elmgreen Milica Tomic Paul McCarthy politics Santiago Sierra Shepard Fairey spectacle subversion The Yes Men Voina Group William Kentridge Zhang Huan Ztohoven

Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal
Artist/Author: J. Jack Halberstam | Reference: P2227 | ISBN: 9780807010976 | Type: Publication

theory on Lady Gaga, new feminism, gender and sexual fluidity

camp club feminism feminist gender pop music popular culture sex sexuality spectacle theory trash women

The British Guide to Showing Off
Artist/Author: Andrew Logan, Various | Reference: D2046 | Type: DVD

Documentary spanning five years of the Alternative Miss World Show, costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups.

AIDS body art Brian Eno British camp costume exhibitionism fancy dress Grayson Perry lacerations marginalised Nick Rhodes outsider pageant party queer representation Richard O'Brien Ruby Wax sexuality spectacle Zara Rhodes

Mythogeography: A Guide to Walking Sideways
Artist/Author: Phil Smith | Reference: P1922 | ISBN: 978-0-9562631-3-1 | Type: Publication

Handbook of recollections and practical exercises exploring the art of walking and its modern uses. This item is referenced in the Making Routes Study Room Guide (P1964).

activism ambition city community Crab Walks distance drifting drive everyday life guidance heritage history houses journey manifesto memory museums pedestrian performance Phil Smith pilgrimage political geography recollection shop site specific social spectacle streets task travelogue urban walking

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