Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance: Politics, Ecologies and Perceptions - Couverture souple

Battista, Silvia

 
9783030078492: Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance: Politics, Ecologies and Perceptions
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ISBN 10 : 3030078493 ISBN 13 : 9783030078492
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Synopsis

This book provides an interpretative analysis of the notion of spirituality through the lens of contemporary performance and posthuman theories. The book examines five performance/artworks: The Artist is Present (2010) by Marina Abramović; The Deer Shelter Skyscape (2007) by James Turrell; CAT (1998) by Ansuman Biswas; Journey to the Lower World by Marcus Coates (2004); and the work with pollen by Wolfgang Laib. Through the analysis of these works the notion of spirituality is grounded in materiality and embodiment allowing the conceptual juxtaposition of spirit and matter to introduce the paradoxical as the guiding thread of the narrative of the book. Here, the human is interrogated and negotiated with/within a plurality of other living organisms, intangible existences and micro and macrocosmic ecologies. Silence, meditation, shamanic journeys, reciprocal gazing, restraint, and contemplation are analyzed as technologies used to manipulate perception and adventure into the multilayered condition of matter.

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À propos de l'auteur

Silvia Battista is an artist and writer. Over the last twenty years, she has engaged with a multidisciplinary set of artistic languages and research methods. Interested in the intersection between visual art, performance and theatre, particularly in the use of meditative, contemplative and ecstatic practices as creative and epistemological processes, she continues to encourage reflection on the spiritual dimension of matter. Her work has been presented internationally.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3030078493
ISBN 13 
9783030078492
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
240
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ISBN 10 :  3319897578 ISBN 13 :  9783319897578
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
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