ON THE PERFORMATIVITY OF DOCUMENTATION AND PRESERVATION OF VIDEO INSTALLATIONS

by Jennifer Steetskamp        2008


Written on the occasion of two Peter Bogers retrospectives, presented at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, in 2006 and at the Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, in 2006/2007

          Intro

Chapter 1    Performance art and video documentation

Chapter 2   ‘Sacrifice’

Chapter 3   preserving installations

Chapter 4   ‘Ritual’

Chapter 5   varying rates of variations

Chapter6    ‘The Unified Field’

Chapter 7   Conclusions

          notes