Performance Art
This article tells the brief story of the development of performance art as it has adopted aspects of literature, music, dance and theatre. It portrays the attitude of performance art as a confrontation that takes place in real time with the body as its medium. The performance is the piece of art and the primary subject. Performance artists are not out for fame but to make a statement and challenge the accepted perspective. They seek to expand by confrontation. I agree with the expansion of thought and the use of the body as a medium to be the piece in action in the present moment. It is captivating and one of a kind. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mallarme.htm
The founding and manifesto and Futurism
This article gave a creed for the Futurists, with examples of futurism in poetic form. It is aggressive and rash and in the moment. Futurism is explosive and seems to be always on chase. Futurism as described in this article is about looking forward and forgetting the past. I agree with this thought as it is motivating and somewhat realistic. Although I believe futurism to be a little too self-righteous and unforgiving I love its “all or nothing” attitude. http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/
An interview with Alan Kaprow
This interview probes into the mind of the creator of the ‘happenings.” He explains the period in which some of his work was created and the chronology of his work into the eventual form that is known as performance. Alan takes you back through his early career in the forties and fifties as his work at one point paralleled artists of the Fluxus movement. He went on to teach at
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