Movement Research Performance Journal #60

ISBN-13: 9798990629905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 75 str.

Amalle Dublon;Kay Gabriel;Keioui

Opis

âRead My Lipsâ is a phrase that will be familiar to longtime readers of the Movement Research Performance Journalâso familiar that the mere reference will bring to mind an image posted by the artist collective GANG, an image that lies at the heart of one of the journalâs most spectacular moments. Issue #3, with its focus âGender Performance,â was published in 1991 amid that eraâs Culture Wars, receiving almost immediately negative reception from government officials (the NEA threatened to withdraw funding from Movement Research) and many members of the dance community (who considered Issue #3 to be deliberately provoking the so-called âwar,â intentionally taking a political position that some worried might comprise future funding of the field). In the thirty-three years since its publication, Issue #3 has developed a patina familiar to many artist-activist histories that are looked upon with romance and nostalgia, often by those for whom that history is only a fantasy (rather than a lived experience). For the current issue, Issue #60, we revisit Issue #3 attempting to move beyond this idealization by engaging critically with the original content. Under the direction of four contributing editorsâAmalle Dublon, Kay Gabriel, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, and Anh Voâ weâve assembled a new body of work by mostly trans and queer