Returning to Jamais Vu: Uncanny Encounters in the Live Art Archive and in the Flesh

Elaine O'Sullivan

doi:10.21476/pp.2017.33133

Returning to Jamais Vu: Uncanny Encounters in the Live Art Archive and in the Flesh

Elaine O'Sullivan

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This paper explores returning to a performance, again and again, over an extended time frame, to re-imagine and re-view the piece. It focuses on a performance entitled Jamais Vu (2005–2007) by live artist Anne Seagrave. I analyse my personal encounter with the work over time, arguing for the significance of this durational approach, and of this artist/artwork for performance philosophy. I return to the work via writing/rewriting and performing/re-performing based on archival documents and embodied memory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	794-806
Number of pages	13
Journal	Performance Philosophy Journal
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21476/pp.2017.33133
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2017

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Anne Seagrave
Live Art
Uncanny
Re-enactment
Spectatorship

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