Liminal acts : a critical overview of contemporary performance and theory / Susan Broadhurst.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-190) and index.

The term liminal refers to a marginalized space of fertile chaos and creative potential where nothing is fixed or certain. Liminal performance is an emerging genre which has surfaced only in recent times and describes a range of interdisciplinary, highly experimental, performative works in theatre and performance, film and music-performances which can be seen to prioritize the body, the technological and the primordial. Broadhurst argues that traditional and contemporary critical and aesthetic theories are ultimately deficient in interpreting liminal performance. This revolutionary work first.

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Liminal: A Preliminary View; 2 The Problem of Aestheticization: Kant, Nietzsche and Heidegger; Kant; Nietzsche; Heidegger; 3 Contemporary Aesthetics; Foucault; Derrida; Baudrillard; Lyotard; 4 Liminal Theatre; Tanztheater: a dancing across margins; Theatre of images'': Einstein on the Beach; ''Synthetic fragments'': Müller''s Hamletmachine; ''Social sculptures'': Viennese Actionism; 5 Liminal Film; ''Painterly'' aesthetics: Prospero''s Books; Liminal politics: the ''queer'' aesthetics of Edward II.

Transgressing borders: Der Himmel über Berlin/Wings of DesireLimits of fragmentation: Europa/Zentropa; 6 Liminal Music; Digital sampling: the techno music scene; Digitized Performance: the ''acid'' rave; Destructive aesthetics: neo-gothic sound; Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds; Einstürzende Neubauten; 7 Conclusion: Liminal Performance; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.

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