Description
The book treats performance documentation as a specific discursive use of media that arose in the middle of the 20th century alongside such forms of performance as the Happening and that is different, both discursively and as a practice, from traditional theater and dance photography. Philip Auslander explores the phenomenal relationship between the spectator who experiences the performance from the document and the document itself. The document is not merely a secondary iteration of the original event but a vehicle that gives us meaningful access to the performance itself as an artistic work.
Book Information
ISBN 9780472073856
Author Philip Auslander
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 320g