Performance art in Ireland : a history /

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Imprint:London, UK : Live Art Development Agency ; Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2015.
©2015
Description:1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11251867
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Other authors / contributors:Phillips, Áine, editor.
ISBN:9781783204281
1783204281
9781783204298
178320429X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Annotation The first book devoted to Irish performance art and the first attempt at a history of this art form in the north and south of Ireland, this book brings together contributions by prominent Irish artists and major academics. It features rigorous critical and theoretical analysis as well as historical commentaries that provide an absorbing sense of the rich histories of performance art in Ireland. Presenting diverse visual documentation of performance art practices, this collection shows how performance art in Ireland engaged with and in turn influenced and led by contemporary performance and live art internationally. Copublished with the Live Art Development Agency."