fromhow, 2010

Yvonne Rainer manifesto

Not that I really like it as a manifesto.
It’s strange to read.
(it gives some reasons to think about the also position).


No to spectacle.
No to virtuosity.
No to transformations and magic and make-believe.
No to the glamour and transcendency of the star image.
No to the heroic.
No to the anti-heroic.
No to trash imagery.
No to involvement
of performer or spectator.
No to style.
No to camp.
No to seduction of spectator by the wiles of the performer.
No to eccentricity.
No to moving or being moved.