Performing Contagious Bodies, 2012
Ritual Participation in Contemporary Art

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223 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
Performing Contagious Bodies explores live/body art and installation practices through theories of ritual and magic. Featuring discussion of a wide range of contemporary international practice, this book explores the intersections of performance studies, art history, anthropology and contemporary visual art practices.
Images Preface Acknowledgements Introduction The Spirit of Language in Things; L.Kosloff Contagious Participation; A.Hamilton The Force of the Text; A.Frankovich & M.Duchamp Contagious Redundancy; A.M.Roe The Force of Impotentiality; R.Maloy & B.Nauman The Force of the Charm; H.Wilke Notes Bibliography Index
CHRIS BRADDOCK is Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is an artist and writer.