The Phenomenology of Blood in Performance Art is a major new publication that expands the philosophical contextualisation of blood, its presence and absence, across the practice of performance art from a phenomenological perspective.

Edited by T J Bacon (she/they) and Dr Chelsea Coon (she/her) this book moves beyond an established cannon of artists to ensure an inclusive representation of practices from a wider range of practitioners. First hand interviews and conversations have been gathered from both canonical names as well as individuals who are prevalent in their communities and/or respective subcultures, but less represented within the frameworks of scholarly discourse. Each offers the opportunity to examine their experiences creating artworks and in turn contributes to the context of phenomenological examination within this publication through complementary scholarly texts from leading thinkers who frame phenomenological application to both visual art and transdisciplinary context. Contributions include articles and interview from names such as ORLAN, Marina Abramovic, Prof Robert Mock, Hermann Nitsch, Franko B, Prof Amber Mussar, Dr Lynn Lu, Ron Athey, Jelili Atiku, Paola Paz Yee, Mike Parr, Prof Stuart Grant, Poppy Jackson, Dr Raegan Truax, Niya B, Andre Molodkin, Dr Ernst Fischer, Dr T J Bacon, Victor Martinez Diaz, Dr Chelsea Coon, Rufus Elliot, Dr Mirabelle Jones, Louis Fleischauer, Dr Kelly Jordan and many more. Together they represent a significant exploration of intricate and dynamic responses to the cultural fabric of contemporary lived experiences across space and time through the medium of blood in performance art.

This incredible analysis of this performance art will be of huge interest to students and practitioners of live art, performance art, phenomenology and performance philosophy.