Synopses & Reviews
Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avantgarde artists and performers are presented here for the first time since they were originally published.
Synopsis
Happenings' is the term coined by 1960s avantgarde artists for their own unique type of performance event. Together, they formed one of the most influential experimental movements of the century; yet also one of the least-well understood. Bringing together radical visual innovation with live performance, Happenings galvanised both fine artists and performers. Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avantgardists of the era are presented here for the first time since their original publication. They include: * Allan Kaprow * John Cage * Yvonne Rainer * Claes Oldenburg * Ann Halprin * George Maciunas Happenings and Other Acts is a unique and important collection of original material, and concludes with a substantial, specially commissioned essay by G nter Berghaus on European Happenings.
Synopsis
The works of art and performance known as Happenings have often been considered to be the key to an understanding of the late twentieth-century avant-garde. Happenings and Other Acts discusses what Happenings were, who made them and why, and the relationship they have to their origins in Dadaism and their antecedents in performance art. Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avant-garde artists and performers--Allan Kaprow, John Cage, Claes Oldenburg, Ann Halprin and George Maciunas--are presented here for the first time since they were originally published.
Happenings and Other Acts is a unique and important collection of original material, and concludes with a substantial, specially commissioned essay by Gunter Berghaus on European Happenings. The volume brings back into print the manifestos of some of the giants of experimental art and performance. It provides students and lovers of avant-garde art with a wealth of primary material which illuminates the history of performance art.