newARTtheatre's greatest value may be that of a historical document of
the understanding of a specific set of performance practices in its own
time of making. The fresh and speculative perspective of these artists
grappling with the evolving paradigm of the tightening entanglement
between performance and visual artist is worth a read now and may be
rich material for historians to come. --Jess Wilcox, The Brooklyn Rail
One of the hotly debated current issues is the turn by visual artists
towards theatre as a way of working, by using plays, acting and
rehearsal techniques for their art. The first of the new Performance
Ideas books by PAJ, this volume includes playwright and curator Paul
David Young in dialogue with many crossover artists, including Pablo
Helguera, Liz Magic Laser, David Levine, Janet Cardiff, Alix Pearlstein,
and Michael Smith, who offer wide-ranging views on performance, video,
photography, and sound.