Happenings and Other Acts

By: Mariellen Sandford (Editor)

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Paperback | 23 February 1995 | Edition Number 1

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424 Pages

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The works of art and performance known as Happenings have often been considered to be the key to an understanding of the late twentieth-century avant-garde. "Happenings and Other Acts" discusses what "Happenings" were, who made them and why, and the relationship they have to their origins in Dadaism and their antecedents in performance art. Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avant-garde artists and performers--Allan Kaprow, John Cage, Claes Oldenburg, Ann Halprin and George Maciunas--are presented here for the first time since they were originally published.
"Happenings and Other Acts" is a unique and important collection of original material, and concludes with a substantial, specially commissioned essay by Gunter Berghaus on European Happenings. The volume brings back into print the manifestos of some of the giants of experimental art and performance. It provides students and lovers of avant-garde art with a wealth of primary material which illuminates the history of performance art.

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Yo', what's Happening(s)? If that question ever occurred to you, this compendium should prove invaluable. Packed with primary material--performance scores, interviews with John Cage and Ann Halprin as well as manifestos penned by the cutting-edgiest of the avant-garde--this book provides an illuminating and provocative look at an enigmatic form that is often misunderstood and undervalued..

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