Practical Performance Magic, a book by Maija Hirvanen and Eva Neklyaeva.
What if, when a performance is described as “nothing short of magical,” it is not just a metaphor? Maija Hirvanen and Eva Neklyaeva wrote a book together exploring the techniques involved in creating and curating contemporary performances through practical magic.
Like feminist magic, performance magic is not inherited or exclusive, but learned and inclusive. Anyone can practice it.
This is a book of recipes and spills, based on lived experience, observations and bewilderments of both writers.
Concept and writing by Maija Hirvanen and Eva Neklyaeva.
Design: POMO.
Publisher: Friends of Physical Contemporary Art, in the frame of
Performing Portals project. Published Nov. 2023.
Editing: Leah Whitman-Salkin.
