Hölling, Hanna B;
Feldman, Jules P;
Magnin, Emilie;
(2024)
Philip Auslander: Can we conserve performance?
In: Hölling, Hanna B and Feldman, Jules P and Magnin, Emilie, (eds.)
Performance The Ethics and the Politics of Conservation and Care, Volume II.
(pp. 126-138).
Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group: London, UK.
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Abstract
In this conversation, Philip Auslander discusses the role of documentation for preserving and conserving performances, providing data, and accessibility. For him, conservation extends beyond archiving, involving embodied knowledge and the reactivation of performances. Retrospective documentation includes reenactment and modifying existing records, referencing past performances. A single iconic image can capture a performance, evoking the event beyond a static representation. Auslander also addresses the question of authorship in performance documentation, which has evolved over time, with photographers and videographers increasingly asserting their artistic authorship. Decisions about which performances are deemed significant and worth documenting and preserving shape the formation of a canon. Paradoxically, the complete vanishing of a performance is conceptually elusive since any evidence or traces of its occurrence will prevent its total disappearance. Even forgotten performances leave behind remnants that prevent their complete erasure. As the conversation evolves, we discuss how iterations shed new light on performance, enhancing its meaning.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Philip Auslander: Can we conserve performance? |
| ISBN-13: | 9781003467809 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003467809-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003467809-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2024. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History of Art |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203652 |
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