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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2013 by the
- ISSN
- 2336-2685
- eISSN
- 2336-2685
- DOI
- 10.2478/pjes-2014-0011
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Prague Journal of English Studies Volume 2, No. 1, 2013 ISSN: 1804-8722 e figure of Tehching Hsieh stands out in the context of western performance art as a solitary figure. His works, sometimes attributed to as "lifeworks" (Heathfield), create a unique example the confluence of artist's life and work, in other words, almost an unparalleled work that encapsulates almost the whole duration of the artist's life and stands out of cultural boundaries. e analysis accentuates the aspects of performativity and identity in the works of Hsieh using Deleuze and Guattari's concept of deterritorialization, and becoming as the vehicle to highlight the dissolving of authorian identity into their work and blurring artist's life with their work. is paper applies the terminological framework of Deleuze and Guattati onto the work of Tehching Hsieh. Besides the aforementioned deterritorialzation and becoming, the paper further elaborates on the notion of haecceity, most notably on its "thisness" phenomenon so symptomatic for performance art as a creative strategy. Conclusions are drawn on the basis that Deleuzian reading of performance art scrutinizes sufficiently the utmost complex, rhizomatic character of the seemingly dichotomy the issue of blurring art+life. I don't think that art can change
Journal
Prague Journal of English Studies – de Gruyter
Published: Dec 1, 2013