Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Gender and Performance Art: On Asian Women Artists

在过去两年中，我们在实现这一独特和创新项目的目标方面取得了非常具体的进展。通过本报告中概述的讲座，研讨会和其他活动，我们已经朝着我们的第一个目标迈出了重要的一步：为这一新兴领域的研究制定历史和理论框架。虽然以“亚洲”为切入点，我们已经能够集中在交叉的后殖民语境中的代表政治。将这些女性艺术家的作品置于我们项目的中心，使我们的理论发展方法在东亚地缘政治背景下具有重要的基础和视角。也就是说，通过在20^世纪帝国主义和殖民主义的历史背景下观察“亚洲女性”艺术家的多样表达<th>，以及由此产生的不可避免的移民和流亡经历，我们现在能够更好地理解和表达复杂的艺术形式。 ...更多信息 在该地区塑造“行为艺术与性别”的组织。随着这些“流散”经历在21^世纪的继续<st>，研究这些不同的表达形式以及它们抵制和偏离“全球同质文化”或“多文化社会”的自由主义概念的主导叙述的方式将变得更加重要。2003年9月，该项目的大多数成员参加了在Ssamzie空间举行的国际研讨会，该研讨会与Theresa Hak Kyung Cha的作品回顾展一起举行，名为“观众的梦想”。池内靖子和郑英海在这次“三语”（韩语、日语和英语）研讨会上的演讲，使北美、日本和朝鲜半岛之间以车维德鼓舞人心的作品为中心的动态和比较接触成为可能。通过参加此次活动，我们得以为11月在京都举行的Dictee演出以及作为该项目一部分的其他研讨会和活动做好计划和准备。参与这里概述的活动还导致产生了相关的项目，如“散居与艺术”研究小组和规划一个名为“边缘案例”的展览（2004年6月在东京举行），后两次会议都将有学者和艺术家参加;除了讲座、国际研讨会和其他活动外，将展出新颖的表演和视觉艺术作品，希望能接触到一系列社区。少

During the last two years, we have been able to make very concrete progress in fulfilling the aims of this unique and innovative project. Through the lectures, seminars and other events outlined in this report we have taken significant steps toward our first goal: the formulation of historical and theoretical frameworks for research in this emerging field. Though taking "Asia" as a starting point, we have been able to focus on the politics of representation in intersecting post-colonial contexts. Placing the work of these women artists at the center of our project has given our approach to theoretical developments an important grounding and perspective in the geo-political context of East Asia. That is, by looking at the diverse expressions of "Asian Women" artists in the context of histories of imperialism and colonialism in the 20^<th> century, and the unavoidable experiences of migration and exile which have resulted, we are now better able to understand and articulate the complex f … More orces shaping "Performance Art and Gender" in the region. As these "diasporic" experiences continue in the 21^<st> century, it will become even more important to examine these diverse forms of expression and ways in which they resist and diverge from dominant narratives of "homogeneous global culture" or liberal notions of "multi-cultural societies."In September, 2003, most members of the project attended an international symposium held at the Ssamzie Space in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's work titled "The Dream of the Audience." Presentations made by Ikeuchi Yasuko and Jung Yeong Hae in this "tri-lingual" (Korean, Japanese and English) symposium, made possible a dynamic and comparative engagement linking North America, Japan and the Korean Peninsula, centered around Cha's inspiring workIn conjunction with the symposium, Theater Group Mythos performed their theater adaptation of Dictee. Our participation in this event enabled us to plan and prepare for the performance of Dictee that was held in Kyoto in November, as well as other seminars and events scheduled as part of the project. Participation in the events outlined here has also led to the generation of related projects, such as the "Diaspora and Arts" study group and the planning of an exhibition titled, "Borderline Cases" (to be held in Tokyo in June, 2004).Both of the latter will involve scholars and artists; in addition to lectures, international symposia and other events, new and original performance and visual art works will be presented and exhibited in the hope of reaching out to a range of communities. Less