Time-specificity of performance

Nik Wakefield

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    Abstract

    This article develops a notion of time-specificity of performance. It begins by taking a temporal approach to performance through the philosophy of Henri Bergson. It looks at three artists/collectives: Tehching Hsieh; Every House Has a Door and Janez Janša, Janez Janša and Janez Janša. Their practices play with notions of the present, past and future, and by doing so set new terms for a temporal aesthetics of experience. Time-specificity opens up reconsiderations of pivotal notions within performance such as repetition, documentation and freedom.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)183-197
    Number of pages15
    JournalChoreographic Practices
    Volume5
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2014

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