Atlas of Performing Culture

Atlas of Performing Culture is an illustrated journey across the five continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and America) that involves the study of places and events related to performance, the dynamic and unrepeatable mode of artistic activity capable of uniting the audience, who becomes the protagonist, with artists and works of art, architecture and nature.

The volume is organized around five thematic sections related to physical spaces, venues and types of events. The unique experience of performance art can involve a museum on an island in Japan, the Rio Carnival, a theatrical debut in Brussels, a rave party in the British countryside and a cultural center located in a former funeral home on the outskirts of Paris. Alongside theaters, concert halls and festivals, we also find museums, sculpture parks and hybrid cultural centers that elude any attempt at cataloging.