Publications
pani 1+2
pani 1+2 documents and contextualises activities of Bbeyond performance art organisation from 2001 to 2008, also covering two exchanges with Québec and Helsinki.
The publication features documentation images, a selection of interviews with Alastair MacLennan, Richard Martel, Boris Nieslony, Marilyn Arsem, Irma Optimist and Elvira Santamaria as well as essays and responses written by Mark Ward, Chrissie Caldman, Colm Clarke, Dan Shipsides and Will Pollard
Bbeyond, 2015. 30 x 18.5 cm, 167 pages, paperback with colour photos throughout.
ISBN: 978-0-9557176-2-8
This publication is for sale through unbound: LADA, LIVE ART DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
pani 3
pani 3 documents and contextualises the I AM/Jestem event alongside the other contingent activities of Bbeyond in 2008/09.
The publication features documentation images with descriptions on I AM/Jestem and Operation Ambassadors with Wladyslaw Kazmierczak and Ewa Rybska. There are a selection of essays written by Dr Slavka Sverakova, Dr Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes, Dr Justin McKeown and Brian McAvera. There is also a featured interview with Wladyslaw Kazmierczak by Brian Connolly and Brian Patterson. It documents the emergence of the Performance Monthly in Belfast and explores Bbeyond’s work with the Dublin Performance Collective and Cavan Arts Festival.
Bbeyond, 2010. 30 x 18.5 cm, 167 pages, paperback with colour photos throughout.
ISBN: 978-0-9557176-1-1
Both publications are for sale through our office in Belfast. Please use our contact page / email for enquiries. bbeyond@europe.com
In Place of Passing documents and contextualises the IN PLACE OF PASSING event by Bbeyond performance art organisation and Interface Centre for Research in Art, Technologies and Design, University of Ulster, Belfast in 2005.
The publication features artists Elvira Santamaria, Myriam Laplante, Roi Vaara, Esther Ferrer, Boris Nieslony, Artur Tajber, Zygmunt Piotrowski and Kurt Johannessen with essays by om lekha, Mark Ward, Julie Bacon, Kerstin Mey, Brian Connolly and Brian Patterson. Documentation images are featured throughout.
Bbeyond, 2007. 23.3 x 17 cm, 159 pages, paperback with colour photos throughout.
ISBN: 978-0-9557176-0-4
This publication is currently sold out.
Actional Poetics – ASH SHE HE: The Performance Actuations of Alastair MacLennan, 1971–2020
This is the most comprehensive study of Alastair MacLennan’s extensive performance practice, nationally and internationally renowned for its contribution to the field of performance art. The essays in this collection explore MacLennan’s art practice, its influence on the Belfast art scene, and its relationships with wider art histories.
The book places MacLennan’s work in its proper historical context, featuring outstanding archival visual documentation alongside new commissioned essays and interviews, none of which have been previously published. The essays range from descriptive to interpretive: some set the work in historical context while others provide pertinent biography. This variety is appropriate—and perhaps even necessary—in looking at the work of a living artist whose work is particularly complex and challenging. Each writer addresses the art on their own terms, and the resulting essays provide an approachable presentation of a multi-layered body of work.
ISBN 9781789383720
Published by Intellect Books, Spring 2021. Paperback, 220 x 220 mm.