The Body at Stake
Experiments in Chinese Contemporary Art and Theatre
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2014
278 pages
978-3-8394-2309-7 (ISBN)
Description
This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orientation and placement; as an arena and medium of social experience.19 Chinese artists, theatre practitioners and theorists describe their personal experiences, put their thoughts and views up for discussion and explore how art can shed light on the individual and collective experiences that emerge in the wake of historical change and the anticipation of a newly won freedom.
Reviews / Votes
»For patient and careful readers this collection of textual and visual materials will not only provide an inspiring and refreshing insight into contemporary Chinese art but also an invitation to rethink and reposition artistic production in a globalized world.«More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bielefeld
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
96
15 s/w Abbildungen, 81 farbige Abbildungen
zahlr. Abb.
File size
17,73 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-8394-2309-7 (9783839423097)
DOI
10.14361/transcript.9783839423097
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
03/2013
1st Edition
transcript
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Persons
Jörg Huber is Professor for Cultural Theory and Aesthetics at the Zurich University of the Arts and Head of the Institute for Critical Theory (ith). His research areas include aesthetics and the theory of the political in a transcultural context. He has been travelling to China for more than 20 years.
Zhao Chuan is a writer, theatre worker and art critic. His publications include fiction, non-fiction and works on contemporary art history. He is the founder and director of Grass Stage, a leading Chinese theatre company.
Zhao Chuan is a writer, theatre worker and art critic. His publications include fiction, non-fiction and works on contemporary art history. He is the founder and director of Grass Stage, a leading Chinese theatre company.
Content
- Cover The Body at Stake
- Content
- Preface
- The Genealogy of the Politics of the Body in Contemporary Chinese Culture
- Fragments of the Body in Chinese Contemporary Art
- The Politics and Poetics of the Body
- A Talk with Xiang Jing
- Portrayal, Definition and Reconstruction of "The Body" in Contemporary Chinese Photography
- Caught in Art's Haze
- Physical Odyssey
- The Physical Body on the Grass Stage
- Physical Rebels
- Female Memory Begins with the Body
- Theatre: Memory in Progress
- The Body as Strategy for Action in the Taiwanese Cultural Field Three Stages of Practice and Progress, from Martial Law, Abrogation, to the Post Martial Law Period
- Edges of the Modernist Framework and Beyond The Lifework of Hsieh Tehching, Hsieh Ying-Chun, Wu-Chong-Wei,Graffitist Huang, Dino and Tsai-Show-Zoo
- Picture Essay
- Twelve Flower Months
- A Talk with Jin Feng
- Discussing the Works of Xi Ya Die and Yan Xing
- My Art and the World
- An Interview
- A Concept of Beauty
- The Authors
