Performing the Wound

This book offers a matrixial, feminist-centered analysis of trauma and performance, through examining the work of three artists: Ann Hamilton, Renée Green, and Cecilia Vicuña.

Dr. Niki Tulk is an interdisciplinary artist and Director of Acting and Performance Studies at Plymouth State University. Her poetry book, O, won the 2021 Driftwood Poetry Prize (Driftwood Press). Find out more at www.nikitulk.com.

Acknowledgements List of Figures - Introduction - Reframing Performance within Trauma Studies Literature - The Textured Language of Rupture: Multimedia Installations by Ann Hamilton - Dreaming In-Between: Landscape, Trauma and Meaning-Making in the Work of Renée Green - Weaving Lament: Cecilia Vicuña's Poetry in Performance - Conclusion