Performance Philosophy

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…

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

Aproximaciones teóricas a la danza

Dec 06, 2019

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337647302_Aproximaciones_teoricas_a_la_danza

Division of Labor – Denis Beaubois

Feb 23, 2018

I just came across Denis Beaubois, an Australian multidisciplinary artist whose work, Currency - Division of Labor might be of interest to researchers here. It is a series of video/performance works that use the division of labor model in capitalism as a structural tool for performance. From his website: The Division of labour work explores the idea of fulfilling a role through circumstance. In this case it is the role of the unsuspecting (non theatrical) performer driven by economic necessity. It raises the question that authenticity in performance cannot be achieved through a body that is aware of its role…

The School of Making Thinking’s Summer 2018 Residency Programs

Jan 09, 2018

Hi everyone! I help run an amazing interdisciplinary artist/thinker residency program called The School of Making Thinking based out of the U.S. and I wanted to share our summer programs and encourage Performance Philosophy ppl to apply (as I think many will find them quite interested :- ) see below! best, Aaron ~ The School of Making Thinking hosts Summer Intensives for qualified artists and thinkers to work alongside each other for one to three week sessions. We continually experiment with structure, approaches to programming, and alternative pedagogies. Our residents have included sound and performance artists, poets, philosophers, sculptors, painters,…