Wednesday 24 April 2013

a book is a performance @ DCA 24.04.13 - pictures

To the DCA this evening for a book is a performance, "an exhibition that showcases artists’ books and multiples to explore and expand the twin concepts of performance and performativity." The esteemed poet Alec Finlay gave a reading alongside some "thoughts and actions grounded in ritual, gesture, mime, documentation and scores." I took a few photos and here they are:






















 The name of the poet is Alec Finlay

Works by Christian Boltanski, Nina Chua, Thomas A. Clark, Marcus Coates, Cullinan Richards, Helen Douglas, Alec Finlay, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Richard Hamilton, Sharon Kivland, Li Yuan-chia, Richard Long, Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen, Bruce McLean, Simon Morris, Yoko Ono, Edgar Schmitz with Ulli Lommel, Hans Waanders, Viola Yeşiltaç among many others.


The Dundee art massive


Sophia Hao and Alec Finlay hold forth

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/exhibitions/events/a-book-is-a-performance-preview/

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