Documenting the Ephemeral: reconsidering the idea of presence in discussions on performance

The category of presence plays a major role in the most accepted definitions of performance art. This centrality of the ephemeral presence of the artist’s body has prevented an appreciation of performance documentation in all its importance. Taking Peggy Phelan’s position as representative of the pr...

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Autor: Ayerbe (Universidad de Deusto – Bilbao/Vizcaya, Spain), Nerea
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/75085
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/75085
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Performance
Presence
Ephemeral
Documentation
Materiality
Présence
Éphémère
Materialité
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Sumario:The category of presence plays a major role in the most accepted definitions of performance art. This centrality of the ephemeral presence of the artist’s body has prevented an appreciation of performance documentation in all its importance. Taking Peggy Phelan’s position as representative of the prevailing paradigm, this article presents its main objections and intends to broaden the concept of presence in its application to performance to accommodate the documentation processes.