This is a detailed bibliography on Mirage, including references to the performances, installations, films, and videos. Texts are organized alphabetically by year within the following categories: Articles; Books & Exhibition Catalogues; and Statements by Joan Jonas. Statements also appear within either Articles or Books & Exhibition Catalogues. If you have suggestions for additional sources to add to this page, please contact us.
Articles
1976
Donohoe, Victoria. “Space, Time Interwoven in Stage Sets.” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 1976, 17–I.
Lippard, Lucy R.. “The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women’s Body Art.” Art in America 64, no. 3 (May/June 1976): 73–81.
Lorber, Richard. “Towards an Aesthetics of Videodance.” Art in Society 13, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 1976): 242–53.
Wiegand, Ingrid. “Joan Jonas Unmasking Mirage a Phantom Knot.” SoHo Weekly News, May 27, 1976.
1977
Jarmusch, Ann. “Suspended in Shadow.” Artnews 76, no. 4 (April 1977): 89.
McDonagh, Don. “‘Mirage’ is a Dance of Illusions.” New York Times, September 28, 1977, C17.
Shapiro, David. “View from Kassel.” Artforum 16, no. 1 (September 1977): 56–62.
Silverthorne, Jeanne. “Performance as Metamorphosis: The Art of Joan Jonas.” Philadelphia Arts Exchange (PAE) 1, no. 2 (March/April 1977): 11–14.
1979
Jonas, Joan. “Joan Jonas: Interview with Robin White.” Interview by Robin White. View 2, no. 1 (April 1979): 1–24.
1980
Banes, Sally. “First Intermedia Festival.” Dance Magazine 54, no. 5 (May 1980): 44–45, 146–47.
Maul, Tim. “Joan Jonas: Guggenheim Museum/New York.” Flash Art, no. 96/97, (March/April 1980): 51.
Stofflet, Mary. “Joan Jonas and Cultural Biography.” Artweek 11, no. 6, June 7, 1980, 5.
Stofflet, Mary. “Joan Jonas’s Futurism.” Artweek 11, no. 7, July 5, 1980.
Stofflet, Mary. “Personal and Cultural Narratives.” Artweek 11, no. 1, January 26, 1980, 5.
1981
Junker, Howard. “Joan Jonas: The Mirror Staged.” Art in America 69, no. 2 (February 1981): 87–95.
1984
Lippard, Lucy R.. “Art and Politics: Questions of a Politicized Performance Art.” Art in America 72, no. 9 (October 1984): 39–44.
1985
Jonas, Joan. “Layers of Visual Language.” Interview by Saskia Bos. De Appel Bulletin, no. 1 (1985): 21–25.
1986
Reijnders, Tineke. “Een fata morgana.” De Appel Bulletin, no. 1 (1986): 24–27.
1993
Schwabsky, Barry. “Joan Jonas: Le Miroir et la Voix.” ArtPress no. 182 (July/August 1993): 30–33.
2001
Rush, Michale. “Video Prophets Who Foretold Today’s Innovations.” New York Times, October 14, 2001, 37, 39.
Schwabsky, Barry. “Joan Jonas at Galerie der Stadt and Galerie Reinhard Hauff (Stuttgart).” Nu: The Nordic Art Review 3, no. 1 (2001): 91–92.
Smolik, Noemi. “Joan Jonas.” Artforum 40, no. 1 (September 2001): 203.
2002
Joselit, David. “Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art 1964–1977.” Artforum 40, no. 3 (January 2002): 56–62.
2003
Jonas, Joan. “Lines in the Sand: An Interview with Joan Jonas.” Interview by Nancy Hynes. Paradoxa International Feminist Art Journal 11 (2003): 6–13.
2004
Carrier, David. “Video Art.” Review of Video Art, by Michael Rush, CAA Reviews, February 26, 2004.
Philbrick, Jane. “Paper Trail: (Re)viewing Lines in the Sand and Other Key Works of Joan Jonas.” A Journal of Performance and Art 26, no. 3 (September 2004): 17–29.
2005
Jonas, Joan. “Joan Jonas: expériences du temps.” Interview by Eleanor Heartney. ArtPress, no. 313 (June 2005): 20–25.
2010
Cotter, Holland. “A Gathering of Women with Cameras.” New York Times, May 28, 2010, C27.
Jones, Caroline. “Staged Presence.” Artforum 48, no. 9 (May 2010): 214–219.
London, Barbara. “Joan Jonas: Upon Reflection.” Inside/Out (blog), April 1, 2020.
Nicolin, Paola. “Joan Jonas at Yvon Lambert.” Abitare, March 26, 2010.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Still a Renegade After All These Years.” New York Times, January 8, 2010, C33.
2014
Bombelli, Ilaria. “La stagione del racconto.” Domus, November 4, 2014. online.
Schwendener, Martha. “Tin Cones, Soap Bubbles and a Mystery Box.” New York Times, November 8, 2014, C1, 7.
2015
Kapplow, Heather. “Joan Jonas’s Persistent Forms of Feminist Expression.” Hyperallergic, June 18, 2015.
Lebovici, Elisabeth. “The Value of Reflection.” Even, no. 1 (Summer 2015): 60–71.
McGarry, Kevin. “Kevin McGarry on the Future of Art Criticism According to Jason Farago.” Artnet, May 21, 2015.
Panicelli, Ida. “Joan Jonas: Pirelli Hangarbicocca.” Artforum 53, no. 5 (January 2015): 225–26.
Williams, Robin Kathleen. “A Mode of Translation: Joan Jonas’s Performance Installations.” Stedelijk Studies, no. 3 (Fall 2015): 1–19.
Wood, Catherine. “The Year in Performance.” Artforum 54, no. 4 (December 2015): 129–30.
2016
Valcourt, Tracy. “Resonant Gestures: The Art of Joan Jonas.” Border Crossings 35, no. 3 (September–November 2016): 114–19.
2018
Baconsky, Irina. “Enter the Surreal World of Avant-Garde Artist and Filmmaker Joan Jonas.” Dazed, March 16, 2018.
Barnard, Imelda. “It’s a Record of My Life, Translated into Art.” Apollo, March 17, 2018.
Cooke, Rachel. “Joan Jonas: You Don’t Know What You’re Doing Sometimes. You Just Begin.” Guardian, March 4, 2018.
Poor, Kristin. “Joan Jonas in conversation with Kristin Poor.” Movement Research. July 19, 2018.
Rea, Naomi. “Joan Jonas Is Taking Over Tate Modern With a Headline Performance.” Artnet News, March 14, 2018.
Reynolds, Ann. “Joan Jonas Tate Modern.” Artforum 56, no. 5 (January 2018).
Books and Exhibition Catalogues
1976
Davis, Douglas. “SOHO DU MAL, Film, Video, Culture and Politics.” In New York-Downtown Manhattan: Soho: Ausstellungen, Theater, Musik, Performance, Video, Film, edited by René Block, Ursula Block, and Kurt Thöricht, 211–236. [Berlin]: Akademie der Künste, 1976.
Jonas, Joan, ed. MIRAGE. Milan: Tau/MA 4; New York: Anthology Film Archives, 1976.
Lippard, Lucy R. “The Geography of Street Time: A Survey of Street Works Downtown.” In New York-Downtown Manhattan: Soho: Ausstellungen, Theater, Musik, Performance, Video, Film, edited by René Block, Ursula Block, and Kurt Thöricht, 180–210. [Berlin]: Akademie der Künste, 1976.
Quigley, Michael A., ed. Joan Jonas Stage Sets. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1976. Exhibition brochure.
1977
Herzogenrath, Wulf. “Fernsehen und Video: Das Doppelgesicht eines neuen Künstlerischen Mediums.” In Documenta 6: Band 2 (Fotografie, Film, Video), edited by Rolf Dittmar, 289–93, 306–07. Kassel: P. Dierichs, 1977.
1983
Crimp, Douglas. “De-synchronization in Joan Jonas’s Performances.” In Joan Jonas: Scripts and Descriptions 1968–1982, edited by Douglas Crimp, 8–10. Berkeley: University Art Museum, University of California; Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1983.
Jonas, Joan. “Closing Statement.” In Joan Jonas: Scripts and Descriptions 1968–1982, edited by Douglas Crimp, 137–39. Berkeley: University Art Museum, University of California; Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1983.
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage [Script].” In Joan Jonas: Scripts and Descriptions 1968–1982, edited by Douglas Crimp, 70–78. Berkeley: University Art Museum, University of California; Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1983.
1994
Forti, Simone. “A Pure Dance.” In Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, edited by Dorine Mignot, 54. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1994.
Jonas, Jonas. “Mirage (1976/1994)” [and floor plan]. In Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, edited by Dorine Mignot, 50–58, 117. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1994.
Mignot, Dorine. “From Reflection to Revolt.” In Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, edited by Dorine Mignot, 9–12. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1994.
2001
Christofori, Ralf. “Information Passes Through: Drawing in the Work of Joan Jonas.” In Joan Jonas: Performance Video Installation 1968–2000, edited by Johann Karl Schmidt, 222–25. Stuttgart: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.
Iles, Chrissie. “Joan Jonas Mirage.” In Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art, edited by Chrissie Iles, 148–53. New York: Whitney Museum, 2001.
Iles, Chrissie. “Reflective Spaces: Film and Video in the Work of Joan Jonas.” In Joan Jonas: Performance Video Installation 1968–2000, edited by Johann Karl Schmidt, 154–64. Stuttgart: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.
Jahn, Andrea. “The Encounter with the Gaze Behind the Mask.” In Joan Jonas: Performance Video Installation 1968–2000, edited by Johann Karl Schmidt, 58–67. Stuttgart: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage (1976).” In Joan Jonas: Performance Video Installation 1968–2000, edited by Johann Karl Schmidt, 124–33. Stuttgart: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.
2003
Clausen, Barbara. “Drawing Languages.” In Joan Jonas: Five Works, edited by Valerie Smith, 113–16. New York: Queens Museum, 2003.
Heuving, Jeanne, Susan Howe, and Joan Jonas. “An Exchange Between Joan Jonas, Susan Howe, Jeanne Heuving.” In Joan Jonas: Five Works, edited by Valerie Smith, 127–36. New York: Queens Museum, 2003.
2004
Walker, Hamza. “Mirror, Mask, Monitor, Myth.” In Joan Jonas: Lines in the Sand The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things. Chicago: Renaissance Society, 2004.
2006
Clausen, Barbara. “A Conversation: Babette Mangolte and Joan Jonas.” In After the Act: The (Re)Presentation of Performance Art, edited by Barbara Clausen, 51–65. Vienna: MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 2006.
2007
Clausen, Barbara. “Crossroads Dancing.” In Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room, edited by Bartomeu Marí, 18–31. Barcelona: MACBA, 2007.
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage 1976.” In Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room, edited by Bartomeu Marí, 68–79. Barcelona: MACBA, 2007.
Jonas, Joan. “Space Movement Time.” In Joan Jonas, edited by Anna Daneri and Cristina Natalicchio, 48–58. Milano; New York: Charta, 2007.
Marí, Bartomeu. “Other Times and Other Places. The Art of Joan Jonas.” In Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room, edited by Bartomeu Marí with Clara Plasencia and Claudia’s Faus, 6–17. Barcelona: MACBA, 2007.
2010
London, Barbara. “From Video to Intermedia: A Personal History.” In Modern Women: Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art, edited by Cornelia H. Butler and Alexandra Schwartz, 356–59. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2010.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Joan Jonas.” In Hans Ulrich Obrist: Interviews, Volume 2, edited by Charles Arseène-Henry, Shumon Basar, and Karen Marta, 136–59. Milan: Charta, 2010.
2014
Aspesi, Lucia, and Fiammetta Griccioli. “After Mirage (1976/2011).” In Joan Jonas Light Time Tales, 22–24. Milan: Pirelli HangarBicocca, 2014. Exhibition brochure.
Aspesi, Lucia, and Fiammetta Griccioli. “Mirage (1976/1994/2005).” In Joan Jonas Light Time Tales, 19–22. Milan: Pirelli HangarBicocca, 2014. Exhibition brochure.
2015
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage.” In In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas, edited by Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, 216–17. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage [Script].” In In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas, edited by Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, 218–27. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.
Schaffner, Ingrid. “Conversation with Joan Jonas.” In Joan Jonas: They Come to Us Without a Sound, edited by Jane Farver, 114–47. Cambridge, MA: MIT List Visual Arts Center; New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co.; Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015.
Simon, Joan. “Migration, Translation, Transmission.” In In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas, edited by Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, 80–121. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.
Simon, Joan. “Mirage,” “Mirage [Installation],” “Mirage [Film],” and “Mirage II [Video].” In In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas, edited by Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, 216–17, 228, 234–35. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.
2017
Huberman, Anthony. “Introduction.” In Joan Jonas on Our Mind, edited by Anthony Huberman, 11–17. San Francisco: CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2017.
2018
Jonas, Joan. “Joan Jonas by Karin Schneider.” Interview by Karin Schneider. BOMB, no. 112 (Summer 2010). Reprinted in Joan Jonas, edited by Andrea Lissoni and Julienne Lorz, 200–219. London: Tate Modern; Munich: Haus der Kunst; Porto: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art; Munich: Hirmer, 2018.
Lissoni, Andrea, and Julienne Lorz, “Distance, Framing, Co-existence, and Layering: Joan Jonas’s Artistic Processes.” In Joan Jonas, edited by Andrea Lissoni and Julienne Lorz, 10–27. London: Tate Modern; Munich: Haus der Kunst; Porto: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art; Munich: Hirmer, 2018.
Lissoni, Andrea, Julienne Lorz, and Joaão Ribas. “From the Imagination to the Real.” In Joan Jonas, edited by Andrea Lissoni and Julienne Lorz, 234–69. London: Tate Modern; Munich: Haus der Kunst; Porto: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art; Munich: Hirmer, 2018.
Wood, Catherine. “Joan Jonas’s Performance: The Mythology of Remaking.” In Joan Jonas, edited by Andrea Lissoni and Julienne Lorz, 84–91. London: Tate Modern; Munich: Haus der Kunst; Porto: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art; Munich: Hirmer, 2018.
Young, Gillian Turner. “Telepresence: Joan Jonas and the Emergence of Performance and Video Art in the 1970s.” PhD diss., Columbia University, New York, 2018.
Statements by Joan Jonas
1976
Jonas, Joan, ed. MIRAGE. Milan: Tau/MA 4; New York: Anthology Film Archive, 1976.
1983
Jonas, Joan. “Closing Statement.” In Joan Jonas: Scripts and Descriptions 1968–1982, edited by Douglas Crimp, 137–39. Berkeley: University Art Museum, University of California; Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1983.
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage [Script].” In Joan Jonas: Scripts and Descriptions 1968–1982, edited by Douglas Crimp, 70–78. Berkeley: University Art Museum, University of California; Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1983.
1994
Jonas, Jonas. “Mirage (1976/1994)” [and floor plan]. In Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, edited by Dorine Mignot, 50–58, 117. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1994
2001
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage (1976).” In Joan Jonas Joan Jonas: Performance Video Installation 1968–2000, edited by Johann Karl Schmidt, 124–33. Stuttgart: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.
2007
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage 1976.” In Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room, edited by Anna Borrell and Bartomeu Marí, 68–79. Barcelona: MACBA, 2007.
Jonas, Joan. “Space Movement Time.” In Joan Jonas, edited by Anna Daneri and Cristina Natalicchio, 48–58. Milano; New York: Charta, 2007.
2015
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage.” In In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas, edited by Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, 216–17. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.
Jonas, Joan. “Mirage [Script].” In In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas, edited by Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, 218–27. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.
Videos
The Museum of Modern Art. “Joan Jonas Discusses Mirage.” Video, 1:52. Posted January 13, 2010.
The Museum of Modern Art. “Joan Jonas on Her Influences.” Video, 1:26. Posted January 13, 2010.