Bodies of Words, Written and Spoken: a Kathy Acker Bibliography and More

Abstract

The Institute of Contemporary Arts presents the first UK exhibition dedicated to the American writer Kathy Acker , and her written, spoken and performed work.For a period during the 1980s when Acker lived in London, she was a regular presence in the ICA programme: holding conversations with other writers, giving readings, performing with musicians, and writing a script for the play Lulu Unchained, presented at the institute in 1985.