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This work investigates performance as an embodied practice. It draws on theories of embodiment that act as a catalyst for thinking about performance, and thus provide an interdisciplinary framework for conceptualising the body in performance. I explore a discourse that situates performance itself within the liminal, as an in-between condition, as something that does not fit in. I reflect on performances, ranging from music to cosmetic surgery, and I highlight the in-between conditions and the marginalised space that in my view posits performance as multivalent, multifaceted and full of…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This work investigates performance as an embodied
practice. It draws on theories of embodiment that
act as a catalyst for thinking about performance, and
thus provide an interdisciplinary framework for
conceptualising the body in performance. I explore a
discourse that situates performance itself within the
liminal, as an in-between condition, as something
that does not fit in. I reflect on performances,
ranging from music to cosmetic surgery, and I
highlight the in-between conditions and the
marginalised space that in my view posits performance
as multivalent, multifaceted and full of potential.
This line of enquiry is informed by my view of the
body as a site of change, discord and ambiguity; what
one can refer to as the threshold condition, or what
Victor Turner calls the state of betwixt and
between . I take the body as a starting point for
this discussion, as I consider the body as a vanguard
to providing a different view to the majority of
current music and performance writings. I subscribe
to the view that the multi-faceted and, at times,
highly controversial debate that has been applied to
the body, has not been equivalently explored in the
discussion of performance.
Autorenporträt
Franziska Schroeder is a performer and theorist. Her research
interests address the intersection of critical theory and
performance practice.
She is the founder of the digital media collective l a u t, and
has released two recordings on the Creative Source label.
Franziska is a Research Fellow at the Sonic Arts Research Centre
in Belfast.