Memory matters. It matters because memory brings the past into the present, and opens it up to the future. But it also matters literally, because memory is medi
This book focuses on performance and performance-based artworks as seen through the lens of conservation, which has long been overlooked in the larger theoretic
This book explores the concept of ‘quiet’ – an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles – and argues for the term’s application to the s
This volume pursues a new line of research in cultural memory studies by understanding memory as a performative act in art and popular culture. The authors take
Over the last twenty years, reenactment has been appropriated by both contemporary artistic production and art-theoretical discourse, becoming a distinctive str
