Concept of the Conference
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Different narrations of the beginnings of Performance Art, a translocal movement, is the focus of the conference. Leading international scholars and artists will investigate the strategies with which museums, galleries, but also historians and artists have reconstructed and represented, the beginnings of this field of art and activism. Further we will address collaborative strategies and networking labour. And finally, we discuss different methodologies for researching the beginnings of Performance Art today.