Performance and the Living Archive

Title	Performance and the Living Archive
Subtitle	Curating the Ephemeral
Author	Elisa Pezza
Date	FS 2023
Description	What could be the traces, the remains of performance? How to make them persist? Performance is considered a lively and ephemeral event characterized by the temporary occupation of a space by bodies in a specific timeframe. This study adopts a critical analysis of archival theories, taking into account the contributions of authors such as Diana Taylor, Rebecca Schneider, and Peggy Phelan, drawing on non-Western histories and perspectives. Through this lens, alternatives to the traditional logic of the archive are explored, specifically concerning the role of the spectator as a possible living archive of the performance. The co-presence of bodies during the here-and-now of the performative event fosters a body-to-body transmission that enables the present moment of the performance to remain, but to remain differently. What possible approaches could then concern the remnants of performance, allowing for the reactivation of these collective memories embodied in the spectator?
Keywords	Curatorial Studies Master Art Education Art Education
Institutional affiliation	Master Art Education - Curatorial Studies (DKV_FAE_MAE_VCS.alle)
Study path	Master
Genre / discipline	Kunstvermittlung

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