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Performance art

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Arts, Modern - 20th century
Arts, Modern - 21st century

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    Unmarked : the politics of performance / Peggy Phelan.

    Phelan, Peggy. | Date: 1993
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    The curator as barman / photography by Antje Peters.

    Automatic Books | Date: 2015
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    Performing medicine, 30 October - 11 December : a season of conversations, performances and workshops that examine the medical profession through the lens of the performing and visual arts / created by the Clod Ensemble.

    Clod Ensemble (Theater group) | Date: [2007]
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    Stelarc : the monograph / edited by Marquard Smith ; foreword by William Gibson ; texts by Julie Clarke [and others].

    | Date: 2005
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    LadyFace // ManBody : advertisement (homage to Benglis) : part of the physical durational performance "cuts: a traditional sculpture" by Heather Cassils / photography by Robin Black and Heather Cassils.

    Cassils | Date: [2011]
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