1st Edition

Perform or Else From Discipline to Performance

By Jon McKenzie Copyright 2001
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

'Performance' has become one of the key terms for the new century. But what do we mean by 'performance'? In today's world it can refer to experimental art; productivity in the workplace; and the functionality of technological systems. Do these disparate fields bear any relation to each other? In Perform or Else Jon McKenzie asserts that there is a relationship cultural, organisational, and... Read more
ILLUSTRATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION, PART I. PERFORMANCE PARADIGMS, PART II. THE AGE OF GLOBAL PERFORMANCE, PART III. PERFUMANCE, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Biography

Jon McKenzie is Visiting Professor of Performance Studies at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where he teaches courses on globalization, experience design, and organizational performance. He also consults as a strategist in the new media industry. His essays include Laurie Anderson for Dummies and Towards a Sociopoetics of Interface Design: etoy, eToys, TOYWAR.

'All very fascinating and challenging.' - Modernism/Modernity