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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791123903321

Titolo

Orlan : a hybrid body of artworks / / edited by Simon Donger with Simon Shepherd, and Orlan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97128-9

1-136-97129-7

1-282-62958-1

9786612629587

0-203-85170-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Orlan

DongerSimon <1981->

ShepherdSimon

Disciplina

709.2

Soggetti

Body art - France

Conceptual - France

Performance art - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; BIOGRAPHY AND CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE 1; PREFACE 2; THE TRIUMPH OF THE FOLDS; 1 SEMINAL ARCHIVES; POETIC BIO; MESURAGES (SINCE 1967); THE KISS OF THE ARTIST (1977); DOCUMENTARY STUDY: DRAPERY - THE BAROQUE (1979-86); MISE-EN-SCÈ€NE POUR UN GRAND FIAT (1982); CARNAL ART MANIFESTO (1989); THE REINCARNATION OF SAINT ORLAN/IMAGES-NEW-IMAGES (1990-93); 2 OPEN BODIES; THIS IS MY BODY . . . THIS IS MY SOFTWARE; ORLAN UNDRAPED; INCISIVE ACTS; CARNIVAL IN ORLAN; PSYCHIC WEIGHT; 3 HYBRID BODIES; IN RETROSPECT

ORLAN - ARCHIPELAGOTHE GIFT TO ART; PERFORMING THE TRANSFACIAL BODY; CARNAL VERTIGOS; 4 CURRENT DIALOGUES; ORLAN/HANS-ULRICH OBRIST; ORLAN/PAUL VIRILIO; ORLAN/SANDER L. GILMAN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ORLAN BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks is an in-depth academic account of ORLAN's pioneering art in its entirety. The book covers her career in performance and a range of other art forms. This single accessible overview of ORLAN's practices describes and analyses her various innovative uses of the body as artistic material. Edited by Simon Donger with Simon Shepherd and ORLAN herself, the collection highlights her artistic impact from the perspectives of both performance and visual cultures. The book features:vintage texts by ORLAN and on ORLAN's work, includ