Description
Brussels, Cultureel Animatiecentrum Beursschouwburg, 1978
Saddle stapled, 41 x 30 cm, 103 pages, black and white illustrations. Introductory text in Dutch, the rest in Dutch/English. No ISBN.
Published for the 1978 performance festival at Beursschouwburg, Brussels, which is still active and organizing and promoting the performative arts. With an introduction by Roger D’Hondt, proprietor of New Reform, a small but important space at that time, which closed about a year later. He was also responsible for the program of performances. Eight critics were asked to write an essay about the state of performance art in their country. Published in an edition of 2000 copies. As is common with catalogs of the era, artists/collectives were given a page or even pages. Some sent in statements, but most did not. A great document showing performance art and discourse at its peak.
Artists and collectives featured:
Abramovic, Marina & Ulay ; Acconci, Vito ; Ambrosini, Claudio ; Anderson, Laurie ; d’Armagnac, Ben ; Armleder, John ; Atherton, Kevin ; Londen, Audio arts ; Gaglione, Anna Banana & Bill ; Barry, Judith ; Beuys, Joseph ; Boegel & Holtappels ; Burden, Chris ; Cardena Warming Up Etc. Etc. Etc. Company ; Chaimowicz, Marc Amille ; Charlier, Jacques ; Colette ; Deak, Norma Jean ; Demattio, Bruno ; Forti, Simone ; Gees, Paul ; General Idea ; Goris, Grietje ; Graham, Dan ; Grinberg, Buky ; Halflants, Lena ; Hoover, Nan ; Janssen, Servie ; Keane, Tina ; Klauke, Jürgen ; Maniac Productions ; Marioni, Tom ; Mayr, Albert ; Missing Associates ; Navez, Jean-Marc ; Northern Star ; Pane, Gina ; Reindeer Werk ; Roelandt, Hugo ; Rolfe, Nigel ; Rosenbach, Ulrike ; Rosler, Marthe ; Sambin, Michele ; Mettig, Katharina Sieverding & Klaus ; Stembera, Petr ; Strike ; Uesmatsu, Keiji ; Export, Valie ; Wassenberg, Maio ; Front, Western ; Young Performers ; Zarebski, Krzysztof
Heavily creased, wrappers with stains, two pages torn (could be intentional, who even knows. A fair copy. A surviver.
