The works of interdisciplinary artist Kira O’Reilly use the uncertain boundaries of bodies as the starting point for their enquiry. Specifically, O’Reilly asks what kind of societies become possible in collaborations across species, organisms and bodies, and she explores these questions through sustained and experimental engagements with politics, biopolitics, change (social, corporeal, chemical, reactive) and the complex relations between the human and the non-human.   This book is the first to offer an in-depth engagement with her many works across diverse formats. Bringing together writings by major artists and thinkers, such as Marina Abramović, Shannon Bell and Tracey Warr, alongside extensive documentation of the artist’s work from two decades of practice, the contributions engage with such topics as ideas of performance, feminist political aesthetics, biotechnical practices, image-making and the intersections of humans and animals. The book also includes interviews, archive material and O’Reilly’s own writings.   Publication Forum (Finland) lists this book as a Level 2 publication, where ‘the highest-level publications are directed as a result of extensive competition and demanding peer-review’. For Intellect’s full listings in this catalogue, please click here.
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Artist Kira O'Reilly's works use the uncertain boundaries of bodies to ask what kind of societies become possible in collaborations across species, organisms and bodies. She explores these questions through sustained and experimental engagements with politics, biopolitics, change and the complex relations between the human and the non-human. 
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Foreword Marina Abramovc Introduction Harriet Curtis Compost and Life Tracey Warr Women Performance Artists as Secret Priests Linda Montano and Kira O'Reilly Somehow I Need to Write the Visceral Kira O'Reilly Kira O'Reilly Techné of Anxiety Shannon Bell 'Ocean-Deafened Voices Warning Me' Amanda Coogan We Keep Our Biologies Intimate Kira O'Reilly Sculpture is the Body: A Journey Through the Work of Kira O'Reilly Rebecca Stevenson Kira O'Reilly in Conversation with Franko B Franko B and Kira O'Reilly Since 1995 Rebecca French A Momentary Cohabitation: Kira O'Reilly Meets Another Species Rob La Frenais Out of Balance Doran George Showwomen: Kira O'Reilly in Conversation with Marisa Carnesky Marisa Carnesky and Kira O'Reilly Dear Us Fiona Wright Writing Like This... Fiona Wright Untitled (Remembering) Patrick Duggan Syncope: I/We Medusa Traci Kelly What Does it Mean For You to Dance? Doran George Syncopal Actions and Falling States Julia Bardsley Syncopal Actions and Falling States Helena Hunter Falling Is Not So Pitiful: On Syncopal Actions and Falling States Dominic Johnson Further Reading Contributor Biographies Acknowledgements Index
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ISBN
9781783208326
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Intellect Books
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
242 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Biographical note

Harriet Curtis is a teaching fellow in performance studies and liberal arts at King’s College London.

Martin Hargreaves is a writer, dramaturg, and performer.