Poetry & Performance

Poetry & Performance (Sabine Hänsgen, Tomáš Glanc) In Eastern Europe, a literary and artistic counter-public emerged beyond the reach of the state culture system and…...

Pair Performances

Pair Performances (Nastasia Louveau) A striking feature of Socialist Yugoslavia’s artistic scene indulging in performance art is the recurrence of collaborative work and of artist…...

Subversive Affirmation. Kritik der Kritik revisited

Subversive Affirmation (Sylvia Sasse) Subversive affirmation, over-identification and mimicry were typical practices within Eastern European Performance Art during the dictatorship era. Through these devices, performance…...

Intro

The project wants to provide an overview of the historical and transnational development of performance art (performances, actions, happenings) in Eastern Europe during the dictatorship…...

State (Re)-Actions

Performance Art & Secret Services | State (Re)-Actions This research area is focused on state performances that document, prohibit, or radicalize artistic performances. On the…...

Performance Art (as) Theory

Performance Art (as) Theory The development of performance art (performance, happening, action, situation etc.) was determined from its very beginning by aesthetic debates. These were…...

Aesthetics of Documentation

Aesthetics of Documentation Self-reflection, self-commentary, self-archivisation as part of the artistic process The formation of a self-reflexive apparatus played a decisive part in the development…...