Embodying the Dead
Embodying the Dead Where do we find the dead? What is it like to play dead? Do the dead appear in our dreams? Exploring a range of artists and creative disciplines that remember, personify and…
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Embodying the Dead
Where do we find the dead? What is it like to play dead? Do the dead appear in our dreams?
Exploring a range of artists and creative disciplines that remember, personify and re-imagine the dead, it playfully unpacks the psychoanalytic concepts of the Death Drive, Desire and the Uncanny as a way of thinking about performance. This book is an exciting exploration of the relationship between death and play in performance. Embodying the Dead draws on work of Gary Winters and Claire Hind and the various qualities of deadness found in their projects.
The authors' work includes live art, theatre, installation, Super 8mm film, walking arts practice and durational performance. This book includes scripts and scores of their performances, original creative texts, interviews with internationally renowned artists and a series of practice-led research tasks to support readers creating their