Animism in Art and Performance /

This book explores M ori indigenous and non-indigenous scholarship corresponding with the term animism . In addressing visual, media and performance art, it explores the dualisms of people and things, as well as 'who' or 'what' is credited with 'animacy'. It comprises a...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Braddock, Christopher
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66550-4
Summary: This book explores M ori indigenous and non-indigenous scholarship corresponding with the term animism . In addressing visual, media and performance art, it explores the dualisms of people and things, as well as 'who' or 'what' is credited with 'animacy'. It comprises a diverse array of essays divided into four sections: Indigenous Animacies, Atmospheric Animations, Animacy Hierarchies and Sensational Animisms. Cassandra Barnett discusses artists Terri Te Tau and Bridget Reweti and how personhood and hau (life breath) traverse art-taonga. Artist Natalie Robertson addresses k rero (talk) with
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XV, 291 pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319665504
Index Number: PN1560
CLC: J809.565
Contents: 1 -- Introduction: Animism and Animacies; Christopher Braddock -- 2. Te Tuna-Whiri: The Knot of Eels; Cassandra Barnett.- Activating Photographic Mana Rangatiratanga through K rero; Natalie Robertson -- 4. Dark Sun: Solar Frequencies, Solar Affects; Janine Randerson and Rachel Shearer -- 5. Language as a Life Form; Anna Gibbs -- 6. The Storm and the Still in the Art of Bridie Lunney; Simone Schmidt -- 7. Animate Atmospheres: Art at the Edge of Materiality; Edward Scheer -- 8. Intrainanimation; Rebecca Schneider -- 9. Animacies and Performativity; Amelia Jones with Chris Braddock -- 10. Animi