Site-Specific Art: Performance, Place and Documentation

'Site-Specific Art brilliantly charts the development of an experimental art form in an experimental way. Nick Kaye traces the fascinating historical antecedents of today's installation and performance art, while also assembling a unique documentation of contemporary practice around the world.' (Excerpt form book cover)

Access level

Onsite

author

Nick KAYE

publisher

Routledge (London, United Kingdom)

Location code

REF.KAN2

Language

English

Keyword

site-specific art, performance art, installation, art theory, art history

Publication/Creation date

2000

No of pages

238

ISBN / ISSN

9780415185592

No of copies

Content type

dissertation,

monograph

Chapter headings

Introduction: Site-Specifics

Spaces

Performing the Gallery: Robert Morris and Michelangelo Pistoletto

Performing the City: Krzysztof Wodiczko

Architecture and Event: Bernard Tschumi

'Placeevent': Brith Gof

Site

Mapping Site: Robert Smithson

Unmappable Spaces

Performing Mapping: Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Wolf Vostell

Space as Map and Memory: Meredith Monk

Materials

Material Affects: Gilberto Zorio, Giovanni Anselmo, Giuseppe Penone

Embodying Site: Dennis Oppenheim and Vito Acconci

Theatrical Materials: Station House Opera

Frames

Repetition and Location: Daniel Buren

'Framing and Being Framed': Hans Haacke

Performing Inside and Outside: Fiona Templeton

Conclusion: Documentation

Site-Specific Art: Performance, Place and Documentation

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