Animism in Art and Performance

1. Introduction: Animism and Animacies
Christopher Braddock

Part I. Indigenous Animacies

2. Te Tuna-Whiri: The Knot of Eels
Cassandra Barnett

3. Activating Photographic Mana Rangatiratanga Through Kōrero
Natalie Robertson

4. Dark Sun: Solar Frequencies, Solar Affects
Janine Randerson, Rachel Shearer

Part II. Atmospheric Animations

5. Language as a Life Form
Anna Gibbs

6. The Storm and the Still in the Art of Bridie Lunney
Simone Schmidt

7. Animate Atmospheres: Art at the Edge of Materiality
Edward Scheer

Part III. Animacy Hierarchies

8. Intra-inanimation
Rebecca Schneider

9. Animacies and Performativity
Amelia Jones, Christopher Braddock

10. Animism, Animacy and Participation in the Performances of Darcell Apelu
Christopher Braddock

11. Exploring Posthuman Masquerade and Becoming
Martin Patrick

Part IV. Sensational Animisms

12. The Animist Readymade: Towards a Vital Materialism of Contemporary Art
Stephen Zepke

13. Sound Fossils and Speaking Stones: Towards a Mineral Ontology of Contemporary Art
Amelia Barikin

Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Performing Arts, Photography, Fine Arts, Audio-Visual Culture