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Can I read Documenting Performance Art: Documentation in Practice on EtoBox?
Documenting Performance Art: Documentation in Practice by Michael J.H. Woolley is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Documenting Performance Art: Documentation in Practice about?
This article addresses questions raised at the intersection of theory and practice in documenting performance art. What formal and technical considerations must be made in performance art documentation? How does a documenter deal with the (inevitably) unexpected/non-ideal? To what extent should documentation document? Working with a group of nascent performance artists at the University of Alberta in Canada, the author aimed to photographically document numerous student performances as well as performances by master performers brought in to teach the students. Operating on his background as a professional commercial photographer and as an art historian, he shares his insights, experiences and personal perspectives on the emergent issues that arise when translating theory into practice and vice versa, in the process of documenting performance art through photography.
Who reads Documenting Performance Art: Documentation in Practice?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- Michael J.H. Woolley
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)