The performance artist Shere Hite instructs one to hug an important friend for thirty minutes with knees, pelvis, chest, and heads in full contact. The two subjects are allowed to say a maximum of 20 words each and not to proceed to sexual activities. Then they write down their thoughts and feelings and read them out loud. I found this performance fascinating. It is a forced interaction between two people which may be awkward and fatiguing which stimulates a number of thoughts by both parties. The constraint of 20 words seems to make the participants choose the expression of their feelings carefully. Being so close for so long definitely evokes new feelings between the two body energies.
Shere Hite is an American-born feminist and sex educator. She studies biological sex and contributes to this field of work. After being attacked for her work, she renounced her US citizenship in 1995 and became German. Hite uses a unique research method by collecting anonymous questioners and responses to develop studies.
www.hite-research.com/
Rirkrit Tiravanjia gives a cooking recipe and necessary equipment for an unknown dish with instructions to store for distribution. The ingredients are blended together and then cooked over oil. To me this seems pointless, however I make a similar performance every day. It takes the focus off consumption and in puts it on the act of preparation which in itself is an art.
He was born in Buenos Aires and lived most of his life in NYC. He draws on his Thai background for recipe and artistic influence. He as an artist uses social interaction as the main focus of his work as he often cooks and then shares food with those attending the gallery.
www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/hugo_boss_prize
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