6 December 2018
Zurich University of the Arts, Toni-Areal, Room 5.T09, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zurich
Networking the Histories of Performance Art is an international network that brings together scholars and artists who research into the emergence of performance and action art in some of the lesser theorized, off-centre scenes and contexts in Europe – from Wales to Israel, Portugal to Poland – with the purpose to explore parallels and differences, influences and legacies, and to share approaches to uncovering, understanding and reanimating these histories.
The symposium will reflect on trans/local projects of collective research, methodologies and new forms of memorizing performance art, including issues of digital translations in both processes of production and reception. A key focus will be on the relationship between performance art and pedagogy and on its documentation and mediation from past to present.