Heathfield works on contemporary art practices, particularly those involving live elements such as performance art, experimental theatre and dance. His writing has focused on questions of time, memory[1] and the "ethics of the encounter between the spectator and the artwork".[2]
He is the author of a monograph on the Taiwanese-American artist Tehching Hsieh.[3] He has edited a number of books on live art and was the co-curator of the Live Culture events at Tate Modern, London (2003).[4] He is co-director of a three-year AHRC funded research project, Performance Matters, on the cultural value of performance.[5]
Career
Heathfield received his PhD from the University of Bristol (1997).[6] He was President of Performance Studies international (2003–07).[7] He is currently Professor of Performance and Visual Culture at the University of Roehampton, London.[8]
Small Acts: Performance, the Millennium and the Marking of Time, editor, London: Black Dog Publishing, 2000.
Shattered Anatomies: Traces of the Body in Performance, editor, Bristol: Arnolfini Live, 1997.
References
^"On Memory", Performance Research, edited by Adrian Heathfield and Andrew Quick, 2000. Product description by the Centre for Performance Research. Accessed 31 January 2012.
^Adrian Heathfield's profile at the University of Roehampton.
^, MIT Press book profile. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^"Live Culture: organisers and participants", Tate Modern website, accessed 30 January 2012.
^"Representation and Identity in Contemporary Performance", citation and abstract, Mendeley reference manager, accessed 30 January 2012.
^"Performance Studies international: former presidents & sponsors", Performance Studies international site, accessed 30 January 2012.
^Adrian Heathfield's profile at the University of Roehampton.
^"Betty Heathfield", The Guardian, 22 February 2006. Accessed 30 January 2012.
External links
Adrian Heathfield website
Performance Matters website
August 23, 2023
adrian, heathfield, british, writer, curator, contents, overview, career, background, bibliography, references, external, linksoverview, editheathfield, works, contemporary, practices, particularly, those, involving, live, elements, such, performance, experime. Adrian Heathfield is a British writer and curator Contents 1 Overview 2 Career 3 Background 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External linksOverview EditHeathfield works on contemporary art practices particularly those involving live elements such as performance art experimental theatre and dance His writing has focused on questions of time memory 1 and the ethics of the encounter between the spectator and the artwork 2 He is the author of a monograph on the Taiwanese American artist Tehching Hsieh 3 He has edited a number of books on live art and was the co curator of the Live Culture events at Tate Modern London 2003 4 He is co director of a three year AHRC funded research project Performance Matters on the cultural value of performance 5 Career EditHeathfield received his PhD from the University of Bristol 1997 6 He was President of Performance Studies international 2003 07 7 He is currently Professor of Performance and Visual Culture at the University of Roehampton London 8 Background EditHeathfield is the son of trade union leader Peter Heathfield General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers 1984 92 and the feminist activist Betty Heathfield co founder of Women Against Pit Closures during the 1984 85 miners strike 9 Bibliography EditPerform Repeat Record Live Art in History co editor with Amelia Jones Bristol Intellect and the University of Chicago Press 2012 Out of Now The Lifeworks of Tehching Hsieh London and Cambridge Massachusetts Live Art Development Agency and MIT Press 2009 Live Art and Performance editor London Tate Publishing and Routledge 2004 Small Acts Performance the Millennium and the Marking of Time editor London Black Dog Publishing 2000 Shattered Anatomies Traces of the Body in Performance editor Bristol Arnolfini Live 1997 References Edit On Memory Performance Research edited by Adrian Heathfield and Andrew Quick 2000 Product description by the Centre for Performance Research Accessed 31 January 2012 Adrian Heathfield s profile at the University of Roehampton Out of Now the lifeworks of Tehching Hsieh MIT Press book profile Retrieved 30 January 2012 Live Culture organisers and participants Tate Modern website accessed 30 January 2012 Performance Matters people Performance Matters Website staff profiles accessed 30 January 2012 Representation and Identity in Contemporary Performance citation and abstract Mendeley reference manager accessed 30 January 2012 Performance Studies international former presidents amp sponsors Performance Studies international site accessed 30 January 2012 Adrian Heathfield s profile at the University of Roehampton Betty Heathfield The Guardian 22 February 2006 Accessed 30 January 2012 External links EditAdrian Heathfield website Performance Matters website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adrian Heathfield amp oldid 1062859620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
