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1 online resource |
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<P>List of Illustrations<br /> </p><p>Introduction: Actional Poetics -- ASH SHE HE: The Performance Actuations of Alastair MacLennan, 1971-2018</p><p>Sandra Johnston and Paula Blair<br /> </p><p>Alastair MacLennan: Troubled time</p><p>Nick Stewart</p><p> <br />'Maybe you don't need the paintbrush...?' In conversation</p><p>Declan McGonagle and Alastair MacLennan</p><p> <br />Elemental qualities in the work of Alastair MacLennan</p><p>Denys Blacker<br /> </p><p>Sensible transcendence</p><p>Chérie Driver</p><p> <br />Alastair MacLennan: A life seen as a form of pedagogy</p><p>Brian Connolly</p><p> <br />'Sometimes you need help from other people's ghosts': Alastair MacLennan's multi-disciplinary and 'instituting' practice as civil action</p><p>Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes</p><p> <br />Alastair MacLennan: Universal nomad</p><p>Nigel Rolfe</p><p> <br />Actuations: Alastair MacLennan's influence on Bbeyond</p><p>Brian Patterson</p><p> <br />Tender dwelling in the strewn</p><p>Adrian Heathfield</p><p> <br />What shall we ask for? Considering the transformative moment in Alastair MacLennan's Actuations</p><p>Sandra Johnston</p><p> <br />Death, transience and duration -- Alastair MacLennan</p><p>Helge Meyer</p><p> <br />Proximity and perpetrators: Reflecting on implications of registering perpetrators in the performance art of Alastair MacLennan</p><p>Dominic Thorpe</p><p> <br />Triple-AAA: Alastair MacLennan, Adrian Hall & André Stitt</p><p>Spectral Arc, Vanishing Point and Memoranda: Hauntology and atemporality in performances 2011-13</p><p>André Stitt</p><p> <br />Precarious aftermaths</p><p>Paula Blair</p><p> </p><p>Notes on Contributors </p> |
| Summary |
Authoritative study of the Scottish born artist Alastair MacLennan who has achieved worldwide renown as a performance artist. Includes comprehensive visual documentation of his performative practice drawn extensively from his archival resources, with essays from leading national and international scholars in the field. 350 colour illustrations |
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MacLennan, Alastair, 1943- Works
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MacLennan, Alastair, 1943- -- Criticism and interpretation
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MacLennan, Alastair, 1943- -- Interviews
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| SUBJECT |
MacLennan, Alastair, 1943- fast |
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Performance art -- Ireland
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ART / Individual Artists / General
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Performance art
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Ireland
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Interviews
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnston, Sandra, editor
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Driver, Chérie, editor
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Blair, Paula, editor
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| ISBN |
9781789383737 |
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1789383730 |
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9781789383744 |
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1789383749 |
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