Overview

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. Marina Abramovic is the creator of pioneering performance art which transcends the form's provocative origins. Her visceral and extreme performances have tested the limits of both body and mind, communicating with audiences worldwide on a personal and political level. The book combines: a biography, setting out the contexts of Abramovic's work an examination of the artist through her writings, interviews and influences a detailed analysis of her work, including studies of the Rhythm series, Nightsea Crossing and The House with the Ocean View practical explorations of the performances and their origins As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.

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Author:   Mary Richards
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780415432078

ISBN 10:   0415432073
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   25 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

"ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTENTS BIOGRAPHY AND CONTEXT Beginnings in the Balkans 1 Revolutionary Fervour 3 Risk 7 Relations and Relationships 11 Transition 20 ""Cleaning the House"" 22 Continuity 26 Origins and authenticity 31 WRITINGS, INTERVIEWS AND INFLUENCES Defining moments and early discoveries 36 Global perspective / nomadic outlook 38 Conditions for creativity 39 East West 40 Desert as source 42 ""Transitory Objects"" and spectator interactivity 48 Cage and Klein 52 Documentation 54 The mind's potential 58 Trance states and experiences of time 59 Space and place 61 Creative contradictions 62 Video works 64 Extended receptivity 68 Return to the Balkans 72 Spiritual energy 75 KEY WORKS Early works up to 1975 Rhythm series 78 Collaborative period (1975-1988) Nightsea Crossing and The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk 86 1988 to the present Balkan Baroque and The House with the Ocean View 92 PRACTICAL EXPLORATIONS AND THEIR ORIGINS 104 Body Conditioning 107 Sensory Awareness and receptivity 111 Memory and Re-membering 115 GLOSSARY INDEX BIBLIOGRAPHY"

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