Performance Art in Ireland: A History
Edited by Áine Phillips
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—contemporary performance and Live Art internationally.
Contributors:
André Stitt , Karine Talec, Amanda Coogan, Anthony Sheehan, Danny McCarthy, Megs Morley , EL Putnam, Kate Antosik Parsons, Helena Walsh, Michelle Browne, Fergus Byrne, Cliodhna Shaffrey, Áine Phillips
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Performance Art in Ireland: A History, available now on Unbound
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Forthcoming launch events for
Performance Art in Ireland: A History
Belfast
Friday 13 March 2015 at 8pm
Belfast International Festival of Performance Art 2015 (Part of the Ulster Festival of Art) at the Ulster University Belfast Campus, Foyer
With presentations by Áine Phillips, Brian Connolly and Karine Talec
Supported by Cultural Development within the Ulster University
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London
Tuesday 17 March 2015 at 7pm
The White Building, Hackney Wick
With presentations by Áine Phillips, Nigel Rolfe, Helena Walsh, André Stitt and contributions from London based artists featured in the book
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Dublin
Thursday 19 March 2015 at 6pm
Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre, National College of Art and Design and National Irish Visual Arts Library
With a presentation by Áine Phillips and in conversation with LADA’s Lois Keidan
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Galway
Thursday 26th March 2015 at 6pm
Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Middle Street Galway
With presentations by Áine Phillips, James Harold and Galway based artists featured in the book
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