This book investigates theories and practices shaped by a performance’s relationship to the archive. The contributions in the volume examine how the changing

Artists in the Archive explores the agency and materiality of the archival document through a stunning collection of critical writings and original artworks. It

Instead of smoothing over contemporary art's violent and iconoclastic dimensions, instead of sanitizing and making complex artworks docile in terms of archival

In The Archive and the Repertoire preeminent performance studies scholar Diana Taylor provides a new understanding of the vital role of performance in the Ameri

A thief, desire -- No archive will restore you -- the body archive -- The inarticulate trace -- Other women -- The ghost archive.