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Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance: Politics, Ecologies and Perceptions

Autor Silvia Battista
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 iul 2018
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319897578
ISBN-10: 3319897578
Pagini: 191
Ilustrații: XVII, 220 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Reciprocating the Gaze of Others: The Artist is Present by Marina Abramovic.- 3. The Quaker Meditative Room and the Performing Eye: Deer Shelter Skyscape by James Turrell.- 4. Vipassana Meditation as an Introspective Theatre: Cat by Ansuman Biswas.- 5. When the Spirits are Socially Engaged: Journey to the Lower World by Marcus Coates.- 6. The Ecological Implications of Spiritual Gestures: Work with Pollen by Wolfgang Laib.- 7. Conclusive Thoughts.

Notă biografică

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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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.

Caracteristici

Provides an exhaustive interpretation of spirituality through performance and the multidisciplinary field of performance studies Brings together practices and artists in a way that emphasises their common interest for religious and spiritual technologies of experimentation Offers a first critical platform for future studies on the intersection between performance, religion and post-human theories