In this dynamic collection a team of experts map the development of Live Art culturally, thematically and historically. Supported with examples from around the world, the text engages with a number of key practices, asking what these practices do and how they can be contextualised and understood.
Introduction: Writing Histories and Practices of Live Art; D.Heddon
Developing Live Art; J.Klein
The Time of Live Art; B.Hoffman
Art, Meeting and Encounter: The Art of Action in Great Britain; R.Hunter & J.B.Hunter
Site: Between Ground and Groundlessness; S.Hodge & C.Turner
Intimacy and Risk in Live Art; D.Johnson
All Together Now: Performance and Collaboration; C.Macdonald
The Politics of Live Art; D.Heddon
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