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Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance Silvia Battista

Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance By Silvia Battista

Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance by Silvia Battista


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This book provides an interpretative analysis of the notion of spirituality through the lens of contemporary performance and posthuman theories.

Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance Summary

Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance: Politics, Ecologies and Perceptions by Silvia Battista

This book provides an interpretative analysis of the notion of spirituality through the lens of contemporary performance and posthuman theories. The book examines five performance/artworks: The Artist is Present (2010) by Marina Abramovic; The Deer Shelter Skyscape (2007) by James Turrell; CAT (1998) by Ansuman Biswas; Journey to the Lower World by Marcus Coates (2004); and the work with pollen by Wolfgang Laib. Through the analysis of these works the notion of spirituality is grounded in materiality and embodiment allowing the conceptual juxtaposition of spirit and matter to introduce the paradoxical as the guiding thread of the narrative of the book. Here, the human is interrogated and negotiated with/within a plurality of other living organisms, intangible existences and micro and macrocosmic ecologies. Silence, meditation, shamanic journeys, reciprocal gazing, restraint, and contemplation are analyzed as technologies used to manipulate perception and adventure into the multilayered condition of matter.

About Silvia Battista

Silvia Battista is an artist and writer. Over the last twenty years, she has engaged with a multidisciplinary set of artistic languages and research methods. Interested in the intersection between visual art, performance and theatre, particularly in the use of meditative, contemplative and ecstatic practices as creative and epistemological processes, she continues to encourage reflection on the spiritual dimension of matter. Her work has been presented internationally.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Reciprocating the Gaze of Others: The Artist is Present by Marina Abramovic.- 3. The Quaker Meditative Room and the Performing Eye: Deer Shelter Skyscape by James Turrell.- 4. Vipassana Meditation as an Introspective Theatre: Cat by Ansuman Biswas.- 5. When the Spirits are Socially Engaged: Journey to the Lower World by Marcus Coates.- 6. The Ecological Implications of Spiritual Gestures: Work with Pollen by Wolfgang Laib.- 7. Conclusive Thoughts.

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NPB9783319897578
9783319897578
3319897578
Posthuman Spiritualities in Contemporary Performance: Politics, Ecologies and Perceptions by Silvia Battista
New
Hardback
Springer International Publishing AG
2018-07-05
220
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