Alissa Clarke
Biographic Data
| ID | 7523582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alissa Clarke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Clarke |
| SIGNATURE | CLARKE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5469-6080 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Act(ion)s of solidarity
Ukrainian artist Maria Kulikovska was invited as a keynote speaker for the Borderlines IX: Seeking Solidarity and Wonder Through Performance conference, which took place at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, on 30 June and 1 July 2022. What follows is the text of Kulikovska’s keynote presentation, with introduction and contextual framing of Kulikovska’s work by conference organiser and chair, Alissa Clarke. During this artist keynote, Kulik…
‘It’s Never about Me, It’s Always about You’
In his extraordinary essay ‘The Metaphysical Studio’, Phillip Zarrilli advocated for the actor's psychophysical exploration of risky uncertainties and unknown possibilities in the ‘spatio-temporal realm between presence and absence, between “what is” and “what is not” – this liminal realm between’. It was typical of Zarrilli that when he received confirmation that his cancer had returned for the third and final time, he both responded pragmatical…
“Am I Providing a Good Show for You?”
The underground film Daddy (1973), a collaboration by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle and British countercultural filmmaker Peter Whitehead, is a sexually explicit surrealist pop-art Freudian rape revenge fantasy. It stems from de Saint Phalle's autobiographical narrative of parental abuse and the development of a young girl's sexuality. Deploying a performance studies lens to focus on performance practice and process, this article takes a new…
Orgasms and Oppositions
In his performance installation, ELECTRODE (2011), Dani Ploeger repeatedly “fakes” orgasms. Using medical devices, digital sound synthesis, and graphs, Ploeger rigorously and specifically labors to replicate the sphincter muscle contraction pattern registered by an anonymous male subject during masturbation and orgasm. In so doing, Ploeger critically explores gender and abjection and creates a heightened, embodied presence
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Orgasms and Oppositions
In his performance installation, ELECTRODE (2011), Dani Ploeger repeatedly “fakes” orgasms. Using medical devices, digital sound synthesis, and graphs, Ploeger rigorously and specifically labors to replicate the sphincter muscle contraction pattern registered by an anonymous male subject during masturbation and orgasm. In so doing, Ploeger critically explores gender and abjection and creates a heightened, embodied presence
“Am I Providing a Good Show for You?”
The underground film Daddy (1973), a collaboration by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle and British countercultural filmmaker Peter Whitehead, is a sexually explicit surrealist pop-art Freudian rape revenge fantasy. It stems from de Saint Phalle's autobiographical narrative of parental abuse and the development of a young girl's sexuality. Deploying a performance studies lens to focus on performance practice and process, this article takes a new…
‘It’s Never about Me, It’s Always about You’
In his extraordinary essay ‘The Metaphysical Studio’, Phillip Zarrilli advocated for the actor's psychophysical exploration of risky uncertainties and unknown possibilities in the ‘spatio-temporal realm between presence and absence, between “what is” and “what is not” – this liminal realm between’. It was typical of Zarrilli that when he received confirmation that his cancer had returned for the third and final time, he both responded pragmatical…
Act(ion)s of solidarity
Ukrainian artist Maria Kulikovska was invited as a keynote speaker for the Borderlines IX: Seeking Solidarity and Wonder Through Performance conference, which took place at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, on 30 June and 1 July 2022. What follows is the text of Kulikovska’s keynote presentation, with introduction and contextual framing of Kulikovska’s work by conference organiser and chair, Alissa Clarke. During this artist keynote, Kulik…
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works)