Kira O'Reilly : untitled (bodies) / edited by Harriet Curtis and Martin Hargreaves.

By:

O'Reilly, Kira [artist.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Intellect livePublisher: London : Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Live Art Development Agency ; Intellect, 2018Copyright date: 2018Description: 318 p. : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781783208326
1783208325

Other title:

Untitled (bodies)

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

702.812 ORE 23

LOC classification:

NX547.6.O74 A4 2018

Contents:

Compost and life / Tracey Warr -- Womn performance artists as secret priests / Kira O'Reilly in conversation with Linda Montano -- Somehow I need to write the visceral / Kira O'Reilly -- Kira O'Reilly : techn�e of anxiety / Shannon Bell -- 'Ocean-deafened voices warning me' / Amanda Coogan -- We keep our biologies intimate / Kira O'Reilly -- Sculpture is the body : a journey through the work of Kira O'Reilly / Rebecca Stevenson -- Kira O'Reilly in conversation with Franko B -- Since 1995 / Rebecca French -- A momentary cohabitation : Kira O'Reilly meets another species / Rob La Frenais -- Out of balance / Doran George -- Showwomen : Kira O'Reilly in conversation with Marisa Carnesky -- Dear us / Fiona Wright -- Writing like this... / Fiona Wright -- Untitled (remembering) / Patrick Duggan -- Syncope: I/we Medusa / Traci Kelly -- What does it mean for you to dance? / Doran George -- Syncopal actions and falling states / Julia Bardsley -- Syncopal actions and falling states / Helena Hunter -- Falling is not so pitiful : on Syncopal actions and falling states / Dominic Johnson.

Summary: The works of interdisciplinary artist Kira O’Reilly use the uncertain boundaries of bodies as the starting point for their enquiry. Specifically, O’Reilly asks what kind of societies become possible in collaborations across species, organisms, and bodies, and she explores these questions through sustained and experimental engagements with politics, biopolitics, change (social, corporeal, chemical, reactive), and the complex relations between the human and the non-human. This book is the first to offer an in-depth engagement with her many works across diverse formats. Bringing together writings by major artists and thinkers, such as Marina Abramovi�c, Shannon Bell, and Tracey Warr, alongside extensive documentation of the artist’s work from two decades of practice, the contributions engage with such topics as ideas of performance, feminist political aesthetics, biotechnical practices, image-making, and the intersections of humans and animals. The book also includes interviews, archive material, and O’Reilly’s own writings.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	702.812 ORE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100639005

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The works of interdisciplinary artist Kira O'Reilly use the uncertain boundaries of bodies as the starting point for their enquiry. Specifically, O'Reilly asks what kind of societies become possible in collaborations across species, organisms, and bodies, and she explores these questions through sustained and experimental engagements with politics, biopolitics, change (social, corporeal, chemical, reactive), and the complex relations between the human and the non-human.

This book is the first to offer an in-depth engagement with her many works across diverse formats. Bringing together writings by major artists and thinkers, such as Marina Abramović, Shannon Bell, and Tracey Warr, alongside extensive documentation of the artist's work from two decades of practice, the contributions engage with such topics as ideas of performance, feminist political aesthetics, biotechnical practices, image-making, and the intersections of humans and animals. The book also includes interviews, archive material, and O'Reilly's own writings.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-305) and index.

The works of interdisciplinary artist Kira O’Reilly use the uncertain boundaries of bodies as the starting point for their enquiry. Specifically, O’Reilly asks what kind of societies become possible in collaborations across species, organisms, and bodies, and she explores these questions through sustained and experimental engagements with politics, biopolitics, change (social, corporeal, chemical, reactive), and the complex relations between the human and the non-human. This book is the first to offer an in-depth engagement with her many works across diverse formats. Bringing together writings by major artists and thinkers, such as Marina Abramovi�c, Shannon Bell, and Tracey Warr, alongside extensive documentation of the artist’s work from two decades of practice, the contributions engage with such topics as ideas of performance, feminist political aesthetics, biotechnical practices, image-making, and the intersections of humans and animals. The book also includes interviews, archive material, and O’Reilly’s own writings.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Harriet Curtis is a teaching fellow in performance studies and liberal arts at King's College London. Martin Hargreaves is a writer, dramaturg, and performer.