Dominic Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. He is Assistant Editor of Contemporary Theatre Review and is the author of Glorious Catastrophe: Jack Smith, Performance and Visual Culture and Theatre and the Visual.

'A must-read. Johnson is a sensitive and well-informed interviewer, who manages to solicit from his conversation partners extensive and frank accounts. They remind us that for these artists performance is not just an ephemeral act but a life-long practice that has profound material and immaterial consequences for those who commit to it.' - Heike Roms, Aberystwyth University, UK 'Dominic Johnson demonstrates admirably how asking performance artists the right questions can be a highly effective critical research tool. Acutely attuned to broader issues of contemporary live art and performance culture and its histories, as well as intimately acquainted with the distinctive practices of his interlocutors, he succeeds in drawing out rich oral testimonies from a range of landmark figures which form their very own, immensely engaging living history of performance art.' - Nicholas Whybrow, University of Warwick, UK

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Escape Artist: An Interview with Ulay2. Hiding in Plain Sight: An Interview with Anne Bean3. Boxing Clever: An Interview with Kipper Kids4. Positive Surrender: An Interview with BREYER P-ORRIDGE5. Slave to Love: An Interview with Sheree Rose6. The Designated Mourner: An Interview with Penny Arcade7. Capricorn on Fire: An Interview with Ann Magnuson8. The Accidental Goddess: An Interview with Joey Arias9. Perverse Martyrologies: An Interview with Ron Athey10. The Skin of the Theatre: An Interview with Julia Bardsley11. You Made Me Love You: An Interview with David Hoyle12: Held: An Interview with Adrian HowellsEpilogueFurther ReadingBibliography.

Dominic Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. He is Assistant Editor of Contemporary Theatre Review and is the author of Glorious Catastrophe: Jack Smith, Performance and Visual Culture and Theatre and the Visual.

'A must-read. Johnson is a sensitive and well-informed interviewer, who manages to solicit from his conversation partners extensive and frank accounts. They remind us that for these artists performance is not just an ephemeral act but a life-long practice that has profound material and immaterial consequences for those who commit to it.' - Heike Roms, Aberystwyth University, UK 'Dominic Johnson demonstrates admirably how asking performance artists the right questions can be a highly effective critical research tool. Acutely attuned to broader issues of contemporary live art and performance culture and its histories, as well as intimately acquainted with the distinctive practices of his interlocutors, he succeeds in drawing out rich oral testimonies from a range of landmark figures which form their very own, immensely engaging living history of performance art.' - Nicholas Whybrow, University of Warwick, UK

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Escape Artist: An Interview with Ulay2. Hiding in Plain Sight: An Interview with Anne Bean3. Boxing Clever: An Interview with Kipper Kids4. Positive Surrender: An Interview with BREYER P-ORRIDGE5. Slave to Love: An Interview with Sheree Rose6. The Designated Mourner: An Interview with Penny Arcade7. Capricorn on Fire: An Interview with Ann Magnuson8. The Accidental Goddess: An Interview with Joey Arias9. Perverse Martyrologies: An Interview with Ron Athey10. The Skin of the Theatre: An Interview with Julia Bardsley11. You Made Me Love You: An Interview with David Hoyle12: Held: An Interview with Adrian HowellsEpilogueFurther ReadingBibliography.

Dominic Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. He is Assistant Editor of Contemporary Theatre Review and is the author of Glorious Catastrophe: Jack Smith, Performance and Visual Culture and Theatre and the Visual.

'A must-read. Johnson is a sensitive and well-informed interviewer, who manages to solicit from his conversation partners extensive and frank accounts. They remind us that for these artists performance is not just an ephemeral act but a life-long practice that has profound material and immaterial consequences for those who commit to it.' - Heike Roms, Aberystwyth University, UK 'Dominic Johnson demonstrates admirably how asking performance artists the right questions can be a highly effective critical research tool. Acutely attuned to broader issues of contemporary live art and performance culture and its histories, as well as intimately acquainted with the distinctive practices of his interlocutors, he succeeds in drawing out rich oral testimonies from a range of landmark figures which form their very own, immensely engaging living history of performance art.' - Nicholas Whybrow, University of Warwick, UK

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Escape Artist: An Interview with Ulay2. Hiding in Plain Sight: An Interview with Anne Bean3. Boxing Clever: An Interview with Kipper Kids4. Positive Surrender: An Interview with BREYER P-ORRIDGE5. Slave to Love: An Interview with Sheree Rose6. The Designated Mourner: An Interview with Penny Arcade7. Capricorn on Fire: An Interview with Ann Magnuson8. The Accidental Goddess: An Interview with Joey Arias9. Perverse Martyrologies: An Interview with Ron Athey10. The Skin of the Theatre: An Interview with Julia Bardsley11. You Made Me Love You: An Interview with David Hoyle12: Held: An Interview with Adrian HowellsEpilogueFurther ReadingBibliography.