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​During the 1970s, Gina Pane (1939–1990, Italy/France) was well known for a series of live actions that took place in domestic spaces and galleries in Europe. Pane’s actions were meticulously orchestrated to communicate viscerally and visually, often putting her body at risk and marking an indelible exchange between herself and the viewer.

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The anthology Gina Pane: actions through time was the result of three years of close collaboration with Sophie Delpeux – our aim being both to show evolution in the perception of Gina Pane’s actions over the fifty years since the live performances took place, and the extreme diversity within that perception. Alongside writings and interviews by Gina Pane, the anthology includes multiple perspectives from writers, to historians, from curators and exhibition producers to artists who witnessed the actions in the 1970s, to those re-encountering the works through re-enactments in the present. Our ambition with this publication is to make it clear that Gina Pane’s actions were addressed to the collective and that a collective is necessary to take them on.

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The anthology includes interviews with Gina Pane and some of her writings, alongside texts by Malin Arnell, Kiff Bamford, Frédérique Baumgartner, Janig Bégoc, Lisa Beißwanger, Jennifer Blessing, Dany Bloch, Chris Burden, Blandine Chavanne, Dean Daderko, Aline Dallier, Sophie Duplaix, Karen Finley, Robert Fleck, Gilbert Gatellier, Emma-Charlotte Gobry-Laurencin, Hervé Guibert, Julia Hountou, Laura Iamurri, Ursula Krinzinger, Gilbert Lascault, Charlotte Lawless, Irmeline Lebeer, Inge Linder-Gaillard, Bernard Marcadé, Jean-Hubert Martin, Lisa Martin, Françoise Masson, Kathy O’Dell, François Pluchart, Anne Rochette, Ulrike Rosenbach, Stefanie Seibold, Effie Stephano, Bernard Teyssédre, Jean-Marie Touratier, Anne Tronche, Lea Vergine, Antje von Graevenitz.