Performance Philosophy

TaPRA Theatre, Performance and Philosophy CfP (deadline: 9 April)

Mar 28, 2021

TaPRA conference: 6-10 September 2021 online & co-hosted by Liverpool Hope University Theatre, Performance and Philosophy CfP: “Unknowing: Modes of Performance” Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 9 April 2021 At this year’s TaPRA conference we will come together to think about theatre and performance as modes of “unknowing”. We wish to explore the modalities through which practices of (re)presentation might encourage philosophical, affective and creative questions that support a rethinking of • systems of knowledge • individuality and subjectivity • understandings of agency and mastery • patterns of relationality • notions of politics and ethics These practices all might work…

Derrida | Benjamin – Two Plays for the Stage

Feb 08, 2021

New publication: Derrida| Benjamin - Two Plays for the Stage by John Schad and Fred Dalmasso (the first-ever stage plays about Jacques Derrida and Walter Benjamin) Within the work of both Jacques Derrida and Walter Benjamin there is a buried theatricality, a theatre to-come. And, in the last fifteen years, there has been a growing awareness of this theatricality. To date, though, there has not been a published stage play about either Derrida or Benjamin. Cue Derrida| Benjamin, a volume that brings together two tragi-comic plays which mirror each other in a host of ways – above all, in the…

Performance Philosophy Problems 2021 – Call for Participation

Sep 04, 2020

We are excited to open the Call for Participation for the fifth biennial conference on performance philosophy, entitled Performance Philosophy Problems 2021- How does Performance Philosophy Collaborate? The conference will take place from June 9 - 12, 2021 in Helsinki, Finland, and is hosted by the University of the Arts Helsinki. We welcome proposals from scholars and artists, encourage applications from our network members and would like to introduce the new concept of key groups in addition to individual proposals to explore the question of collaboration. The conference strives towards inclusion and therefore is making special PP bursaries available for…

CFP: Illuminated Video Articles, Journal of Embodied Research

Sep 04, 2020

JOURNAL OF EMBODIED RESEARCH jer.openlibhums.org CFP for JER 4.2 (2021): SPECIAL ISSUE OF “ILLUMINATED” VIDEO ARTICLES For those of us who are in social isolation but otherwise well, this may be a time to undertake further work with our existing video archives. We may not be able to generate new moments together, but we can certainly look back at the video we have created and further unfold its meanings. With this in mind, JER proposes a special issue on “illuminated video.” Submissions to this special issue should follow three parameters: 1) Begin with a piece of uncut video lasting no…

PP Book Chain: Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy

Jun 19, 2020

The Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy PP Book Chain We are really excited to see the publication of the Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy. At the same time, we are disappointed that the cost of the hardback will exclude so many readers - particularly those who do not have institutional access to resources. This PP Book Chain is one small attempt to address this problem. The idea is for individuals and groups to sign up to the chain to receive a hard copy of the Companion. In signing up, each individual or group agrees to have the book for a…

Nordic Theatre Studies: “Theatre and the Anthropocene”

Jun 08, 2020

New issue on "Theatre and the Anthropocene" just published in the online journal Nordic Theatre Studies and available online to download. Please have a look!.

Save the date! Helsinki 2021: June 9-12

May 14, 2020

SAVE THE DATE! Performance Philosophy Problems: How Does Performance Philosophy Collaborate? Helsinki, June 9-12, 2021 The 5th biennial international conference on performance philosophy is hosted by the University of the Arts Helsinki and it is arranged in collaboration with the Performance Philosophy Network. Please read the Vision Statement. Our times have generated problems, the scope, depth, complexity and ubiquity of which are surpassing traditional procedures for solving them. As the problems we face change in nature so too must our ways of dealing with them. Global problems require new modes of collaboration, transversal combinations and inclusiveness, enabling all kinds of agents from different…

HOW NOT TO MISS THE ‘MISSING’ IN THE UNIVERSE AROUND US

May 13, 2020

(Fig. i)* Smolded through ages, as a lifeless form Colorful but yet chaotic Born but yet symbiotic Caged in green lush, as a unique uniform At the stroke of creator's fulgaration Morbid smolder of chalk pours Over the meadow of mountain in scores As if planted in time, through curator’s dilation Lets take an example. On the bus route (Flixbus) from Berlin to Venice near northern Italy, there is a stretch of mountain range. One can recognize it as “mountain-like”. In effect this recognition involves an act of identification which is to see the stretch of mountain range as “mountain-like”.…

Browse our new website!

May 10, 2020

We are immensely excited to launch our new Performance Philosophy Website, which brings together all the PP activity. Have a browse and re-activate your account if you are an existing member! Or, if you are new to PP, then join us by signing up. We welcome feedback on the new website and suggestions on what else you might require to stay active within your Working Groups.

“Further Evidence on the Meaning of Musical Performance” Working Paper

Jan 15, 2020

Karolina Nevoina and I are pleased to announce availability of our working paper, "Further Evidence on the Meaning of Musical Performance". Special thanks to Professor Aaron Williamon and the Royal College of Music, Centre for Performance Science. https://www.academia.edu/41642364/Working_Paper_Further_Evidence_on_the_Meaning_of_Musical_Performance_Cartwright_Nevoina_15012020