Publications on Performance Art in Wales

books : chapters : journals : newspapers : artists' material : audio-visual

Ashford, John. 'The Jazz of Dreams: Performance Art'. Dreams and Deconstructions: Alternative Theatre in Britain. Ed. Sandy Craig. Ambergate: Amber Lane Press, 1980. 95-104.
[*discusses the work of Shirley Cameron and Roland Miller; includes b/w photograph p. 97].

Alston, David. 'Foreword'. Ivor Davies - Chwedloniaeth Y Llyfr Gwyn/ Legends from the White Book (a Touring Exhibition). Ed. Wolseley Fine Arts. London: Wolseley Fine Art, 1998. 4–5.
[*mention of Ivor Davies's performance work in 1966 and at the Eisteddfod in 1995 and 1996].

Bala, Iwan. 'Art as Catharsis: Karen Ingham and André Stitt'. Here + Now: Essays on Contemporary Art in Wales. Bridgend: Seren, 2003. 133-48.

---. 'Horizon Wales: Visual Art and the Postcolonial'. Postcolonial Wales. Eds. Jane Aaron and Chris Williams. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2005. 234-50.
[*essay on 'Wales Art' and postcolonialism].

Davies, Ivor. 'Displaced Memories'. Certain Welsh Artists - Custodial Aesthetics in Contemporary Welsh Art. Ed. Iwan Bala. Bridgend: Seren, 1999. 88-98.
[* especially on Destruction in Art Symposium London 1966 and the Beca group].

Glew, Adrian. 'Happening and Fluxus Artist Lost and Found', Gustav Metzger: Retrospectives (Museum of Modern Art Papers Volume Three), Ed. Ian Cole. Oxford: Museum of Modern Art, pp. 23, 1999; pp. 16–25.
[* includes discussion of Gustav Metzger's Extremes Touch in Swansea 1968, p.23]

Hourahane, Shelagh. 'Paul Davies'. Safbwyntiau - Artistiaid O Gymru Am Gymru / Standpoints - Welsh Artists on Wales. Wrexham: Wrexham Library Arts Centre, 1995. 20.
[*Published on the occasion of the exhibition Standpoints: Welsh Artists on Wales, Wrexham Library Arts Centre, 5 August - 2 September 1995].

---. 'Maps, Myths and the Politics of Art'. Certain Welsh Artists - Custodial Aesthetics in Contemporary Welsh Art. Ed. Iwan Bala. Bridgend: Seren, 1999. 66-81.
[*essay which mentions Paul Davies, including his Welsh Not action at the Eisteddfod 1977 and his Mud Map of Wales at the Eisteddfod 1986].

Obrist, Hans-Ulrich. 'Interview II: Extremes Touch/ Laboratorium - Oxford 1999', Gustav Metzger - Conversation Series 16, Ed. Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2008; pp. 39–46.
[* interview with Gustav Metzger about his Extremes Touch in Swansea 1968]

Roms, Heike. 'Eye and Ear, Foot and Mouth: Mapping Performance in three journeys and one withdrawal', A Performance Cosmology - Testimony from the Future - Evidence of the Past, Eds. Judie Christie, Richard Gough and Daniel Watt. London: Routledge, 2006; p. 10–14.
[* on Simon Whitehead and Rachel Rosenthal's The River's Journey 2000]

---. 'Footnotes: Four walks in the company of Simon Whitehead', Walking to Work, Ed. Simon Whitehead. Abercych: Gwaith Cerdded/ Shoeless 2006, pp. 4.

---. 'profile: Phil Babot', Re: Imaging Wales - A Yearbook of the Visual Arts, Ed. Hugh Adams. Bridgend: Seren, 2006; p.16.

---. 'From Map to Trace - Situating Performance Art in Wales', trace installaction artspace - 00-05, Ed. André Stitt. Bridgend: Seren, 2006, pp. 14–36.

---. 'Performance Archiving Performance'. Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion: Stuart Brisley, Ian Hinchliffe, Alastair Maclennan, Tatsumi Orimoto, Exhibition Catalogue. Ed. Chapter Arts Centre. Cardiff: Chapter, 2007. 7–15.
[*on Performance Archive exhibition with S. Brisley, I. Hinchliffe, A. MacLennan, T. Orimoto.].

---. 'What Substance is Substance? André Stitt's Material Performances', in André Stitt, Substance: Residues, Drawings & Partial Objects 1976-2008, Exhibition Catalogue. Exeter: Spacex, 2008, pp. 12-19.

---. 'Interview with John Cale', Dyddiau Du/ Dark Days - Wales at the Venice Biennale, Exhibition Catalogue. Cardiff: Wales at Venice Biennale/ Arts Council of Wales, with the support of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Rowan, Eric. 'The Visual Arts'. The Arts in Wales 1950-75. Ed. Meic Stephens. Cardiff: Welsh Arts Council, 1979. 51-85. [Cymraeg: 'Y Celfyddydau Gweledol', Y Celfyddydau yng Nghymru 1950–75, gol. Meic Stephens. Caerdydd: Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, 1979, 57–93.]
[*contains paragraph on 'the new and exciting area of performance arts in Wales', in which John Gingell, Keith Wood and Tom Hudson are mentioned (p.80-81)].

Thomas, Ed. 'Hiraeth'. Act One Wales: Thirteen One Act Plays. Ed. Phil Clark. Bridgend: Seren, 1996. 161-81.