Work the Room: A Handbook of Performance Strategies (Critical Readers in Visual Culture)

From the back THE ROOM criss-crosses the field of contemporary performances art investigating critical actions and the forms they How can politics be performed when the public consists of those present and sharing a room? How can the space between performers and audience be activated? What if we are mobilized by our emotions more than by our political convictions?...With contributions by Christa Benzer, Linda Bilda, Gregg Bordowitz, Stephan Dillemuth, Discoteca Flaming Star, Marie-Therese Escribano, Andrea Fraser, Sharon Hayes, Achim Hochdörfer, Judith Hopf, Christof Kurzmann, Xavier Le Roy, Matthew Lyons, Sabine Marte, Mattin, Katrin Pesch, Yvonne Rainer and Britta Scholze.In English and German.