Performance art is usually performed by 1 person
“It is the action of the body, the authenticity of an activity, that frames it as Performance Art “
Performance Art is “an ephemeral event which shares characteristics with a nexus of activities including play, game, sport, and ritual”
grand endurance work is where one damages their body to the point of events like blood and bruises to capture the audiences intruige
focused on actual body experiences
performance art is not acting
meant to provoke “provoke synaesthetic relationships”
“Performance emerges from the history of theatre and begins as a counterpoint to realism.
Performance emerges from the history of painting and gains its force and focus after Jackson Pollock’s ‘action painting’.
Performance represents a return to investigations of the body most fully explored by shamans, yogis and practitioners of alternative healing arts.”
performance art is not supposed to be thought of prior to the event
reminds audience to live in the moment and savor it
galleries are starting to open doors to performance art pieces
