Experiments in a jazz aesthetic
Subtitle: art, activism, academia, and the Austin Project
By: edited by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, and Sharon Bridgforth.
Contributors: Jones, Omi Osun Joni L., 1955-; Moore, Lisa L.; Bridgforth, Sharon.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780292722040; 9780292722873
Subjects: Austin Project; Performance poetry -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Creative writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Performance art -- Texts; Performance poetry; American poetry -- Women authors; Music and literature -- United States; African American aesthetics; Performance art -- Social aspects -- United States; Art and social action -- United States
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc; Texts
Notes: This book is both an anthology of writing by participants of the Austin Project and a sourcebook for those who would like to use creative writing and performance to energize their artistic, scholarly, and activist practices.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing the work. Making space: producing the Austin Project; title: Finding voice: anchoring the Austin Project's artistic process; title: Working the work: an anthology of Austin Project writings. Polyphony: writings by ensemble members; title: Call and response: performance pieces by Austin Project guest artists; title: Affirming connection: pre-show artists' performance texts; title: Spoken word orchestra: a full script from the Austin Project jam session, December 2005; title: The work of transformation. Transforming practice: artists, activists, and academics working across boundaries; title: Work of the spirit: a conversation with an Austin Project elder; title: Narrating the Austin Project: the first five years.