This volume collects several decades of writings by Allan Kaprow, one of the key progenitors of 20th century performance art. His “Happenings” in the late 1950s and 1960s laid the way for later developments in art, moving performance off of the stage and into the realm of everyday life. Kaprow’s notion of “non-theatrical performance” is a key one for D-O-T, which sees non-art contexts as prime places in which to use artistic strategies for individual and group transformation.
Kaprow, Allan. Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life. Oakland: University of California Press, 2003.