Twitchin, Mischa. 2019. Monstrosity: the face of war. Performance Research, 23(8), pp. 88-94. ISSN 1352-8165 [Article]

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During 2018 the centenary of the end of WWI was widely commemorated, engaging with questions of art and politics that continue to haunt conceptions of ‘national memory’, as it transforms history into myth. How might the testimonies of art and activism resist this ‘glorifying’ process? What kind of performance research finds expression in the form of an anti-war manifesto? Addressing disfigurement, as presenting the real ‘face of war’, how might the memory of flesh – its mutilation rather than any ‘memorial’ – make appeal to conscience, distinct from the ‘patriotic’ performance aesthetics of the state?

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2018.1573092
Additional Information:	World War I, World War I centenary, national memory
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Theatre and Performance (TAP) > The Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing (PCPCW)
Dates:	Date Event 8 March 2019 Published
Item ID:	26004
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2019 16:00
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2019 16:00
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/26004

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