Published in conjunction with the exhibition Automatisme Ambulatoire: Hysteria, Imitation, Performance, curated by Amanda Cachia, and presented at the Owens Art Gallery from 6 September to 6 November 2019.
The artists in this project consider ideas of “automatisme ambulatoire,” “hysteria” and “epilepsy” as a performance style, and explore how these gestures can work to subvert, undo, transform and reimagine the body and language, both real and imagined.
This publication features a foreword by Emily Falvey, as well as essays by exhibition curator Amanda Cachia and Jane Dryden, Department of Philosophy, Mount Allison University.
Publication Coordination: Emily Falvey
Editing and Copyediting: Ellen Chang-Richardson
Design: Mark Timmings
Image preparation: Trevor Mills