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Acting Together Volume I: Resistance and Reconciliation in Regions of Violence

Editor: Cynthia E. Cohen, Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, Polly O. Walker | Reference: P3116 | ISBN: 978-0981559391 | Type: Publication

A series on Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, describing peacebuilding performances in regions beset by violence and internal conflicts. The first volume emphasizes the role theatre and ritual play both in the midst and in the aftermath of direct violence.

Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Displacement (P3107).

Performance in Place of War

Artist/Author: James Thompson, Jenny Hughes and Michael Balfour | Reference: P3134 | ISBN: 978-1906497149 | Type: Publication

The book looks at theatre and performances that often occur quite literally as bombs are falling, as well as during times of ceasefire and in the aftermath of hostilities. Includes interviews with artists, short play extracts, and photographs.

Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Displacement (P3107).

Personal Shopper: A Kirkgate Market Mis-Giude

Editor: Etheridge & Persighetti | Reference: P3072 | ISBN: 978-0-9932664-9-2 | Type: Publication

Artists Katie Etheridge & Simon Persighetti team up with shoppers, traders and market enthusiasts to create a pick and mix selection of ways to navigate and explore the market as trading place, social space and playing space. The Mis-Guide was originally produced for Compass Festival.

The Shop Collections

Editor: Encounters | Reference: P3049 | ISBN: 1-899926-76-3 | Type: Publication

Documentation and reflections on the project that took over three disused shop spaces in Sharrow, Sheffield. Started in 2002, the project continues around the country to this day.

Public 53: Mega-Event Cities

Editor: Peter Dickinson, Kirsty Johnston, and Keren Zaiontz | Reference: P2996 | ISBN: 0845-4450 | Type: Publication

Leading scholars, artists, and activists examine the role of the arts in articulating the social agendas of urban mega-events like Olympic Games and World Expos.

 

Theatre and the Digital

Artist/Author: Bill Blake | Reference: P3009 | ISBN: 978-1137355775 | Type: Publication

Through detailed case-studies on the work of key international theatre companies such as the Elevator Repair Service and The Mission Business, Blake explores how the digital is providing new scope for how we think about the theatre, as well as how the theatre in turn is challenging how we might relate to the digital.

Manual For Possible Projects On The Horizon

Editor: drawing shed | Reference: P2743 | Type: Publication

Documentation from the event which invites participants to talk openly about ideas of ‘social responsibility’ in regards to collaborative making and to collectively question the role of contemporary artists within opposing cultures of resilience, resistance and regeneration.

The Peterlee Project 1976-1977

Artist/Author: Stuart Brisley | Reference: P2993 | ISBN: 978-87-93108-12-7 | Type: Publication

Published on the occasion of Brisley’s exhibition State of Denmark at Modern Art Oxford, September-November 2014.

Wend Iwade

Editor: Richard Houguez | Reference: P2962 | ISBN: 978-0-9935123-1-5 | Type: Publication

Publication on the project which saw the artist working with the residents of Iwade from July 2015 to explore the village’s changing identity in the flux of the new build development. The project included workshops, residencies and live events hosted by artists, musicians and archeologists.

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