A Stage Presence
Michael Kirby’s Embedded Sculptures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14997368 |
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| Authors | Alexander Streitberger (UCLouvain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-116 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TDR/The Drama Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-2043 • E-ISSN: 1531-4715 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/dram_a_00650 |
| OpenAlex | W2618175567 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Well-known for his writing on Happenings, performance art, and avantgarde theatre, Michael Kirby also produced a series of highly notable photo-sculptures. Developed in conjunction with the theoretical concept of “situational aesthetics,” these “embedded sculptures” were conceived of as “visual instruments” that explored the relationship of space, time, context, and beholder
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Sculpture · Situational ethics · Stage (stratigraphy · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · History · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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