Parallel Realities: The Development of Performance Art in Australia
Neil Howe
Thames & Hudson
‘Parallel Realities’ presents the expansive and complex history of performance art in Australia from the 1950s to today arguing that unlike the international canon our development was informed less by broader art movements but shaped by theatre, avant- garde individuals, music, travel, political identity and a reaction against static notions of nationhood. That being said, ideologies did play a part and the text refers to the Antipodean Manifesto, Dada, The Yellow House, Oz magazine, clubbing and ARIs.
A generous portion of the book surveys 33 leading pioneers in performance art including Ken Unsworth, Tim Burns, Stelarc, George Gittoes, Kevin Mortensen, Jill Orr, Bonita Ely, Lyndall Jones and Aleks Danko.
