{"product_id":"christoph-schlingensief-staging-chaos-performing-politics-and-theatrical-phantasmagoria-paperback","title":"Christoph Schlingensief: Staging Chaos, Performing Politics and Theatrical Phantasmagoria - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Teresa Scheer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book to focus specifically on the late German artist Christoph Schlingensief's theatre work, it subversively merges art, politics and everyday life to imbue his productions both inside and outside the theatre with a re-energized concept of the political in art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScheer traces Schlingensief's artistic lineage as a filmmaker with no formal training in theatre, whose work does not correspond to theoretical frameworks such as postdramatic theatre, Regietheater, or established categories of political theatre such as Brechtian, community, and agit-prop theatre. She explores how his work instead draws upon the highly performative gestures of the historical and post-Cold War avant-gardes as well the happenings and event-based practices of the sixties. Comprehensive case studies of six diverse theatrical and activist events are offered to demonstrate both the immediacy of Schlingensief's response to contemporary social and political events and his use of a range of artistic influences and different genres: \u003ci\u003eRocky Dutschke '68\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eSave Capitalism: Throw the Money Away!\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) \u003ci\u003eThe Berlin Republic - or the Ring in Africa \u003c\/i\u003e(1999) \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eAtta Atta - Art Has Broken Out!\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and the \u003ci\u003eChurch of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKey questions such as how his theatre functions as a provocation, and how an artist can insert themselves into the powerful flows of imagery produced by the perpetual global news cycle, form a coherent line of enquiry throughout each of the chapters. The significance of Schlingensief's artistic legacy of politicized theatre-making that pioneers new modes of active, aesthetic and public engagement in the political realm remains pertinent to topical socio-political debates and is of relevance to an international audience across a diversity of disciplines.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Teresa Scheer\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Lincoln, UK. She studied theatre in London and worked as a performer and director in the UK and in Germany where she lived until 2007. She is co-editor (with Tara Forrest) of the book \u003ci\u003eChristoph Schlingensief: Art without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and has published several further articles and book chapters on his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42121861496967,"sku":"9781350126565","price":86.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ee70c3d8cd0bb1d5cba0334f0773f470.webp?v=1732556430","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/christoph-schlingensief-staging-chaos-performing-politics-and-theatrical-phantasmagoria-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}