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This book unfolds the theory of enduramorphosis, an emergent strangeness that arises in an endurance performance when the body is pushed to its limit and reacts.

Artist Chelsea Coon works across performance and lens-based extensions in photography, video, livestream, digital arts, and new media. Through her work, Coon explores how enduramorphosis is manifested differently across divergent performances. Written from a first-person perspective, this book presents an accessible intellectual exploration of the process and conceptualization of provocative and profound performances. Chelsea Coon combines powerful emotional resonance with physical and psychological extremes, giving the reader insights into the phenomenon of enduramorphosis and a rare glimpse into the motivations, feelings, desires and visceral excesses experienced by the performing body as it undergoes a transformation that lasts.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Figures
@all_anything: A Foreword, Jörg Sternagel

Introduction: In the body
Part I: Space
1. 2012-14 Select Performances
2. 2015 Select Performances
Part II: Time
3. 2016-17 Select Performances
Part III: Body
4. 2019-20 Select Performances
5. 2021-4 Select Performances
Conclusion
Concentric Echoes of Enduring Presence: An Afterword, Sean Lowry
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 13 Nov 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 280
ISBN 9781538190197
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 10 b/w photos
Series Performance Philosophies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Chelsea Coon

Chelsea Coon is an artist and writer whose work fo…

Author

Chelsea Coon

Chelsea Coon is an artist and writer whose work fo…

Author

Chelsea Coon

Chelsea Coon is an artist and writer whose work fo…

Author

Chelsea Coon

Chelsea Coon is an artist and writer whose work fo…

Foreword

Jörg Sternagel

Jörg Sternagel is a scholar in media philosophy at…

Afterword

Sean Lowry

Sean Lowry is Associate Professor and Head of Crit…

Afterword

Sean Lowry

Sean Lowry is Associate Professor and Head of Crit…

Foreword

Jörg Sternagel

Jörg Sternagel is a scholar in media philosophy at…

Afterword

Sean Lowry

Sean Lowry is Associate Professor and Head of Crit…

Foreword

Jörg Sternagel

Jörg Sternagel is a scholar in media philosophy at…

Afterword

Sean Lowry

Sean Lowry is Associate Professor and Head of Crit…

Foreword

Jörg Sternagel

Jörg Sternagel is a scholar in media philosophy at…

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