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Performance Art At The (Virginia) Margins: Anthony Restivo's Far Off And All Aflame, Carey Sargent, Rachel Thompson, Wendy Hsu Sep 2012

Performance Art At The (Virginia) Margins: Anthony Restivo's Far Off And All Aflame, Carey Sargent, Rachel Thompson, Wendy Hsu

Wendy Hsu

In a small college town in western Virginia, writer Anthony Restivo searches for unmediated honesty through his very public endurance art. In the midst of media attention, misinformation, and his physical struggle to complete a 22-day piece, Restivo creates fleeting moments of intimacy in the town's first known work of performance art.


Performance Art At The (Virginia) Margins: Anthony Restivo's Far Off And All Aflame, Carey Sargent, Rachel Thompson, Wendy Hsu Dec 2011

Performance Art At The (Virginia) Margins: Anthony Restivo's Far Off And All Aflame, Carey Sargent, Rachel Thompson, Wendy Hsu

Carey L Sargent

In a small college town in western Virginia, writer Anthony Restivo searches for unmediated honesty through his very public endurance art. In the midst of media attention, misinformation, and his physical struggle to complete a 22-day piece, Restivo creates fleeting moments of intimacy in the town's first known work of performance art.


Rocking Out Between The Local And The Global, Carey Sargent, Wendy Hsu Dec 2007

Rocking Out Between The Local And The Global, Carey Sargent, Wendy Hsu

Carey L Sargent

We are a funny duo in Taiwan. One of us is a 1.5-generation Taiwanese American; the other is a white New Englander, both living in the American South. In Taiwan, we straddle the three-part identity of tourist, researcher, and performer. Last year we went to Taiwan for a mini-tour playing in three major cities as two thirds of experimental music trio Pinko Communoids. This year, we returned mostly in the name of “research.” But in reality, theory and practice go hand in hand. We revisited the tracks that we trekked, reconnecting with the friends we made last year. Because of …