Description
On America will respond to the powerful presence in contemporary culture of aesthetic forms and political strategies derived from North America. Counterpointing Letters from Europe, the issue will address the use and abuse of images of and from North America, the deconstruction in performance theory and practice of North American art, film and performance, and the presentation of America as genre and fiction. With contributions from theatre-makers, artists, theorists and critics outside North America, as well as those working on the cultural and aesthetic fringes within the Americas, the issue will debate the influence of North American cultural products and practices, providing a forum for debate over cultural hegemony and displacement, identity and aesthetic practice.
Preface and Editorial
Claire MacDonald, Nick Kaye
pp. v – viii
Pseudographic Cinema: Asco’s no-movies
C. Ondine Chavoya
pp. 1 – 15
Prepared Pages: The Voice of America
Alan Read
pp. 16 – 23
Art in America (The Dream): A conversation with Tania Bruguera
Johannes Birringer
pp. 24 – 31
Dance in Exile: The Latin American connection
Marion Kant
pp. 32 – 43
Cultural Transmissions: An interview with Xu Bing
Nick Kaye
pp. 44 – 51
Prepared Pages
Xu Bing
pp. 52 – 57
Habermas…Burroughs. Beckett…Foreman
Nicholas Zurbrugg
pp. 58 – 68
Prepared Pages: An Indian Act Shooting the Indian Act
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
pp. 69 – 72
Subsoil on the Sidewalk: Julie Laffin and the Chicago Underground
Stephen Bottoms
pp. 73 – 81
Do We Have to Know Who We Do Theatre For?
Patrice Pavis
pp. 82 – 86
Missing Persons: Personal pronouns in performance writing
John Hall
pp. 87 – 90
The Fate of Performance
Hans-Thies Lehmann
pp. 91 – 94
Political Bodies
Claire MacDonald
pp. 95 – 96
Kathy Acker Remembered
pp. 96 – 96
Book Reviews
Jools Gilson
pp. 97 – 100
Archive Review
Claire MacDonald
pp. 101 – 102
Notes on Contributors
