Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Sternberg Press (May 18, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3956791185
ISBN-13: 978-3956791185
Dimensions: 11.1 x 9 x 0.9 inches
Weight: 2.7 pounds
Expanded from the 2014 eponymous conference organized by Para Site, Is the Living Body theLast Thing Left Alive? Is dedicated to the renewed encounter between dance and performance and the institutions of global contemporary art, making one of the most significant developments in the art field over the second decade of our century. This book proposes that a“new performance turn” has emerged and looks at its correlations with other shifts inpractices, discourses, and broader society. While the resources associated with contemporarydance and museum programs make these phenomena primarily visible in the centers ofcultural power, these developments are seen around the world. Moreover, a loosely relatedhistory of performance as part of visual art has been written for a longer period of time and ingeographically dispersed contexts, often making its own turning points and periodizations.The authors and artists unravel these interconnected stories, and in the process point out andextend the boundaries of what is possible in the paradigm of art and performance today.