Whybrow's interdisciplinarycollection of urban writingsdemonstrates how performance is 'at work' in the city. His selectionhighlights both diversity and thepotential for interaction, drawing attention to the possible identities produced by themulti-faceted nature ofthemodern metropolis. "
Whybrow's interdisciplinarycollection of urban writingsdemonstrates how performance is 'at work' in the city. His selectionhighlights both diversity a...
To Henri Lefebvre, the space and ""lived everydayness"" of the inter-dependent, multi-faceted city produces manifold possibilities of identifiction and realization through often imperceptible interactions and practices. Art and the City takes this observation as its cue to examine the role of art against a backdrop of globally rising urban populations, taking into account the more recent performative and relational ""turns"" of art that have sought in their city settings to identify a participating spectator -- an implicated citizen.
In exploring how artworks present...
To Henri Lefebvre, the space and ""lived everydayness"" of the inter-dependent, multi-faceted city produces manifold possibilities of identifiction...
Performing Cities is an edited volume of contributions by a range of internationally renowned academics and performance makers from across the globe, each one covering a particular city and examining it from the dynamic perspectives of performances occurring in cities and the city itself as performance.
Performing Cities is an edited volume of contributions by a range of internationally renowned academics and performance makers from across the globe, ...