Journal article
The Afterimage of John Wayne and the Shape of Masculinity in the Landscape
Mark Shorter
Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture | Penn State University Press | Published : 2020
Abstract
In this article I consider how my performance work The Afterimage of John Wayne (2020) creates a framework drawn from Conceptual Art methodologies to critique and reconsider gendered masculinity and representations of the landscape in the Western genre of cinema. The legacies of Conceptual Art practice that emerged in the 1960s produced creative modes that enabled new ways to engage with contemporary culture across multiple disciplines. An example of these modes was the “Instructional Statement,” which forms the basis for The Afterimage of John Wayne. The Instructional Statement enabled performance to be understood as an art form that could both produce and critique culture. This article wil..
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Funding Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge the important contribution that Dr. Kieryn McKay has made toward this article and in particular her assistance with drafting the Instructional Statements. I am also grateful to Dr. Sean Lowry, Helen Hyatt-Johnson, and Anador Walsh for their feedback and guidance. An inchoate version of these Instructional Statements was presented at The Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools Conference in November 2019 as part of the panel discussion "Tensile Frontiers" (chaired by Dr. Cate Consandine, Dr. Kyla McFarlane and myself). "Tensile Frontiers" is a collaborative research project with Cate and Kyla that began with a road trip through America's Southwest in July 2019, funded by the Centre of Visual Art, The University of Melbourne.