{"product_id":"off-sites-bertie-ferdman-9780809334704","title":"Off Sites: Contemporary Performance Beyond Site-Specific","description":"\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, ATHE's 2018 Outstanding Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contextualizing the techniques and methods of the incredibly rich and vital genre of site-specific performance, author Bertie Ferdman traces the evolution of that term. Originally used for experimental staging practices and then later also for engaged situational events, \u003ci\u003esite-specific\u003c\/i\u003e is no longer sufficient for the genre's many contemporary variations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using the term \u003ci\u003eoff-site\u003c\/i\u003e, Ferdman illustrates five distinct ways artists have challenged the disciplinary framework of site-specific theatre: blurring the traditional boundaries between the fictional and the real; changing how the audience and actor interact with each other and whether they are physically together or apart; fabricating sites from physically bound, conceptually constructed, or virtual spaces; staging live situations in real\/nonreal and often mediated encounters; and challenging our preconceived notions of time and space. Tracing the genealogy of site-based work through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Ferdman outlines the theoretical groundwork for her study in the introduction. Individual chapters focus on distinct types of off-sites--the interdisciplinary discourse of \u003ci\u003edisciplinary sites\u003c\/i\u003e; the spaces of audience engagement with \u003ci\u003espectator sites\u003c\/i\u003e; the dislocation of time for \u003ci\u003etemporal sites\u003c\/i\u003e; and the historiographical spaces of mapping for \u003ci\u003eurban sites\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ferdman examines site-based work being done in the Americas by contemporary companies and artists experimenting with new forms and practices for site-driven theatre. Key productions discussed include \u003ci\u003ePrivate Moment \u003c\/i\u003eby David Levine, \u003ci\u003eGeyser Land\u003c\/i\u003e by Mary Ellen Strom and Ann Carlson, Jim Findlay's \u003ci\u003eDream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lola Arias' \u003ci\u003eMi Vida Despu s\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertie Ferdman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809334704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809334704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Bertie Ferdman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140692660479,"sku":"9780809334704","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f17096bd-2c75-457c-bd10-8070055fda6a.jpg?v=1726596761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/off-sites-bertie-ferdman-9780809334704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}