»Performances sind keine ›Werke‹, sondern Ereignisse. Das macht sie zu Problemkindern der Kunstgeschichte – und zeigt nicht zuletzt deren eng gesteckte Grenzen auf. Das Online-Projekt ›Performance Chronik Basel‹ geht da neue Wege. In einem soeben erschienenen Band stellen die AutorInnen dieses kollaborativen Netzwerks Ideen zur Archivierung des Flüchtigen vor und gehen gleich mit gutem Beispiel voran. In Anlehnung an die Methoden der ›Oral History‹ lassen sie in Zeitzeugeninterviews, Fotodokumenten und Videostill ein detailliertes Bild der Basler Performance-Szene von 1968 bis Mitte der Achtziger entstehen, das zugleich exemplarisch die Möglichkeiten einer kritischen Geschichtsschreibung der Performance aufzeigt.« artline
studied Art History, Philosophy, German Literature and Theatre Studies at the Universities of Munich and Basel graduating with a Ph.D. on the Transformation of Action. She has been post-doctorate at the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts (2004-2008), deputising assistant to the Head of Department of Cultural Studies in the Arts at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and lecturer of Art History at the Ruhr University, Bochum, (2009-2011). Since 2011 she held the chair of professorship in Fine Arts at the University of Applied Arts and Design, Lucerne. She is also involved with projects at the Swiss National Science Foundation on Iconic Criticism (SNF-Bildkritik) and co-founder of the Performance Index Basel. Her research focus is on The Situated Body, Perform Space, Intermedia Conditions, Exhibition Displays and Hermann Obrist and the Art Nouveau Sculpture.
is a performance artist and lecturer at the HGK, Basel. She studied at the Sigurt Leeder School of Dance, Herisau and has been working as performance artist organizing installations, band projects for women and exhibitions since 1980. She studied under René Pulfer and took classes in Audiovisual Design at the Schule für Gestaltung, Basel (1986-1988). Together with Piplotti Rist and others she embarked on a series of performance projects on video installations.
»Everything was on the move and moving toward life«