Edited by Peter Eckersall, Helena Grehan, and Edward Scheer

In one of her lesser-known provocations, Marina Abramovic proposed that performance might be an "image of happiness" (1996). This issue considers precisely that: performance as something radically different to, and potentially generative of, propositions for everyday life.

Articles: Eddie Paterson, Gabriella Calchi-Novati, Helena Grehan, Jeff Stewart, Nicholas Hope, and Petra Kuppers.

Book Reviews: Bree Hadley on Tara Forrest and Anna Teresa Scheer (eds.), Caroline Wake on Alison Forsyth and Chris Megson (eds.) and Carol Martin (ed.), Pip Rundle on James Thompson, Jenny Hughes, and Michael Balfour, Glen McGillivray on Tom Cantrell and Mary Luckhurst, Ian Maxwell on Jon McKenzie, Heike Roms and C.J. W.-L. Wee (eds.)