One of the most continuously influential figures of the past half century Joan Jonas was among the first artists to embrace the forms of video performance and installation. From her beginnings as a sculptor and her emergence in the New York art and performance scenes of the 1960s and 70s including the seminal Roll video piece of 1972 in which the titular television malfunction enacted a memorably fractured female identity up through her six appearances at Documenta and her performance at the Performa 13 biennial her work has always been surprising groundbreaking and necessary. This extensively illustrated volume containing hundreds of fullcolor photographs drawings scripts and diagrams presents the definitive collection of Jonas work.