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Dan Kwong - From Inner Worlds to Outer Space: The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong (Critical Performances) - 9780472068661 - V9780472068661
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From Inner Worlds to Outer Space: The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong (Critical Performances)

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Description for From Inner Worlds to Outer Space: The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong (Critical Performances) Paperback. A controversial and entertaining collection of recent work by this acclaimed performance artist Editor(s): Vorlicky, Robert. Series: Critical Performances S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: AFKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.

Praise for Dan Kwong:

"Somehow, Kwong has held onto his sense of childlike wonder about the cosmos, and that awe informs his free-wheeling and uproarious performance."
-Asian Week

"He weaves striking, multi-focus stage pictures around simple monologues about his Chinese and Japanese grandfathers, ironic accounts of his own childhood, and litanies of the trials facing Asian American males."
-L.A. Times

"Saturated with high-spirited enthusiasm . . . a refreshingly forthright approach to his often dark material."
-Chicago Tribune

"Kwong's humor is warm and loving . . . it stems from a delightfully twisted taste for the absurdity of human behavior. . . . Be prepared to laugh, to be moved, and to fall in love with a performer."
-L.A. Reader

Dan Kwong's performances delve into the complexities of growing up as a working-class Chinese-Japanese-American male in L.A., land of Hollywood and Disney. Kwong's remarkable performances, a potent array of multimedia effects and athletic physicalization, investigate questions of identity and the intersecting effects of race, culture, class, gender, and sexuality. From Inner Worlds to Outer Space brings together Kwong's scripts with illuminating commentary by critic Robert Vorlicky. The book includes interviews that reveal Kwong's personal and artistic influences, his evolution as an artist, and his philosophical and technical approach to art-making.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Performances S.
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472068661
SKU
V9780472068661
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About Dan Kwong
Dan Kwong is a veteran performance artist, writer, teacher, and visual artist. Robert Vorlicky is Professor of Theater at New York University, and author of Act Like a Man: Challenging Identities in American Drama and Tony Kushner in Conversation.

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