The Cultural Politics of One-to-One Performance

Strange Duets

Rachel Zerihan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

211 Seiten

2022 | 2022 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-47754-5 (ISBN)

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This monograph is the first study to critically examine works of performance made for an audience of one. Despite being a prolific feature of the performance scene since the turn of the millennium, critical writing about this area of contemporary practice remains scarce. This book proposes a genealogy of the curious relationship between solo performer and lone spectator through lineages in the histories of live art, visual art and theatre practices. Drawing on one-to-one performances by artists including Marilyn Arsem, Oreet Ashery, Franko B, Rosana Cade, Jess Dobkin, Karen Finley, David Hoyle, Adrian Howells, Kira O’Reilly, Barbara T Smith and Julie Tolentino, Rachel Zerihan produces research that is both affective and critical. This performance analysis proposes four frameworks through which to examine the significance and challenge of this work: cathartic, social, explicit and economic. One-to-one performance is proposed as a rich portal for examining the cultural politics of contemporary society. The book will appeal to students and scholars from performance studies, theatre, visual art and cultural studies.

Rachel Zerihan is a writer and researcher who has taught extensively in higher education and is currently training to become a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. She has published widely and is co-editor of a Special Edition of Performing Ethos Journal on 'Ethics in One-to-One Performance' (2014), Intimacy Across Visceral and Digital Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Interfaces of Performance (2009).

1 Introduction: To Open.- 2 Contextual Configurations: Grounding Historical, Conceptual and Political Roots of One-to-One Performance.- 3 Empathetic Orientations in One-to-One Performance: Cathartic Modes of Engagement.- 4 One-to-One Performance in the Public Sphere: Socio-spatial Frames of Encounter.- 5 Intercourse Discourse in One-to-One Performance: Explicit Approaches to Interaction.- 6 Clubbing, Consuming, Cruising: Curatorial Responsibility in One-to-One Performance.- 7 Conclusion: True Stories.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	13 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
ISBN-10	1-137-47754-7 / 1137477547
ISBN-13	978-1-137-47754-5 / 9781137477545
Zustand	Neuware