Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in the U.S.
By Courtney B. Ryan. Routledge, 2024.
In Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in the U.S., Courtney B. Ryan traces how urban eco-artists in the U.S. from the 1970s until today contend with environmental domestication and spatial injustice through performance. In theater, art, film, and digital media, the artists featured in this book perform everyday, spatialized micro-acts to contest the mutual containment of urbanites and nonhuman nature. Whether it is plant artist Moe Beitiks taking their ivy out for a jog, photographer Naima Green photographing ...