Bookperformance, which is equally Performancebook, is a proprietary concept reflecting life, uncompromisingly written as a single word, coined by Çiğdem Mirol in 2011. As its originator and philosopher, Mirol has developed it across her artistic and academic practice, including her MA and PhD research. Deliberately written as a single word (all rights reserved in all languages), Bookperformance foregrounds the orientation of “holding space for life’s unfolding authorship” [ruimte houden voor het ontvouwen van het auteurschap van het leven / tenir l'espace où se déploie l’auctorialité de la vie], approaching co-authorship as an embodied, relational, and ethical practice based on "we are all one".
MyFace Bookperformance (2014), also published in Turkish as Yüzüm Kitapperformans (2012), is the first work in Çiğdem y Mirol QUARTET and a self-published, author-controlled artistic edition produced exclusively in connection with Bookperformance events. Deliberately self-printed rather than commercially published through a conventional publishing house, the work reflects Bookperformance’s broader challenge to established structures of authorship, editorial authority, publication and commercial circulation.
Through literary, visual, and sonic expressions, Mirol's work invites what she calls "multisensory reading-writing", and creative engagement as forms of self-aware encounter with the world. Since 2011, Mirol has developed Bookperformance across multilingual and international contexts as an author and artist/painter. While her research has been academically recognized and supported through KASK & UGent, Bookperformance extends across artistic, academic, and public spaces—including universities, schools, archives, festivals, libraries, and state institutions—where it intervenes in established yet often unquestioned practices of authorship, knowledge-making, and responsibility. As a lived practice, it also critically engages with digital and AI-mediated representations that reduce authorship and knowledge-making to unquestioned systems of authority.
Alongside her artistic and academic practice, Mirol teaches, drawing on the principles of Bookperformance to foster ethical approaches to co-authorship. Her work supports researchers and practitioners in reflecting critically on recognition, responsibility, and institutional practices, while encouraging awareness of relevant legal and ethical frameworks. Her research has explored authorship, intellectual property, copyright, and the ethical dimensions of creative production and attribution, informed by interdisciplinary academic study and practical experience.
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