The Paradox of Performance: From the Poetics of Ephemerality to the Politics of Materiality

Roddy Hunter

The Paradox of Performance: From the Poetics of Ephemerality to the Politics of Materiality

Roddy Hunter

Middlesex University

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Abstract

In this paper, I investigate complex and at times paradoxical relationships between ephemerality in performance art and critical and theoretical understandings of materiality. I do so to explore socio-economic aspects of the position of the performance artist in relation to political agency. The paper specifically does this through testing 3 axioms in turn:

1. Performance resists the fixed, reproducible artefact and critiques economic materialism (Alastair MacLennan)
2. Art is what makes life more interesting than art (Teaching Hsieh after Robert Filliou)
3. Everybody an Artist or Nobody An Artist (Stuart Home after Joseph Beuys)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Alternative Zones
Subtitle of host publication	Uncovering the Official and the Unofficial in Fine Art Practice, Research and Education: Paradox Fine Art European Forum
Editors	Marek Wasilewski
Place of Publication	Poznań
Publisher	University of the Arts in Poznań
Pages	103-106
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9788363533946, 8363533947
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Paradox Fine Art European Forum, Biennial Conference - The University of Arts, Poznań, Poland Duration: 9 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015 https://paradoxfineartforum.com/strands/

Conference

Conference	Paradox Fine Art European Forum, Biennial Conference
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Poznań
Period	9/09/15 → 11/09/15
Internet address	https://paradoxfineartforum.com/strands/

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Hunter, R 2016, The Paradox of Performance: From the Poetics of Ephemerality to the Politics of Materiality. in M Wasilewski (ed.), Alternative Zones: Uncovering the Official and the Unofficial in Fine Art Practice, Research and Education: Paradox Fine Art European Forum. University of the Arts in Poznań, Poznań, pp. 103-106, Paradox Fine Art European Forum, Biennial Conference, Poznań, Poland, 9/09/15.

The Paradox of Performance: From the Poetics of Ephemerality to the Politics of Materiality. / Hunter, Roddy.
Alternative Zones: Uncovering the Official and the Unofficial in Fine Art Practice, Research and Education: Paradox Fine Art European Forum. ed. / Marek Wasilewski. Poznań: University of the Arts in Poznań, 2016. p. 103-106.

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