Working by the Numbers: Performance Art Short on Time Proposes a Materialist Aesthetics of Production

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Working by the Numbers : Performance Art Short on Time Proposes a Materialist Aesthetics of Production. / Schmidt, Cecilie Ullerup.

In: Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 31, No. 63, 07.03.2022, p. 6-24.

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Schmidt, CU 2022, 'Working by the Numbers: Performance Art Short on Time Proposes a Materialist Aesthetics of Production', Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 31, no. 63, pp. 6-24. https://doi.org/10.7146/nja.v31i63.133117

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Schmidt, C. U. (2022). Working by the Numbers: Performance Art Short on Time Proposes a Materialist Aesthetics of Production. Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, 31(63), 6-24. https://doi.org/10.7146/nja.v31i63.133117

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Schmidt CU. Working by the Numbers: Performance Art Short on Time Proposes a Materialist Aesthetics of Production. Nordic Journal of Aesthetics. 2022 Mar 7;31(63):6-24. https://doi.org/10.7146/nja.v31i63.133117

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Schmidt, Cecilie Ullerup. / Working by the Numbers : Performance Art Short on Time Proposes a Materialist Aesthetics of Production. In: Nordic Journal of Aesthetics. 2022 ; Vol. 31, No. 63. pp. 6-24.

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