Definition
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It was first used very loosely by artists in the early 1960s in the USA to refer to
the many live events taking place at that time, such as Happenings, Fluxus
concerts, Events, body art or (in Germany) Aktionen and
Demonstrationen.
·
shocking
audiences into reassessing their own notions of art and its
relation to culture
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permissive,
open-ended medium with endless variables, executed by artists impatient with the
limitations of more established art forms and
determined to take their art directly to the public
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The term ‘performance’ was originally adopted in the early 1970s to
emphasize the fact that the work was made by artists and to distinguish such
events from theatre; the early pieces were esoteric and paradoxical and far from
entertaining.
It was first used very loosely by artists in the early 1960s in the USA to refer
to the many live events taking place at that time, such as Happenings,
Fluxus concerts, Events, body art or (in Germany) Aktionen and
Demonstrationen.
·
THE ARTIST
The performer is the artist, seldom a ‘character’ like an actor in the theatre, and
the content rarely follows a traditional plot or narrative.
THE TIME FRAME
o lasting any time from a few minutes to many hours; it
might be performed once or repeated, with or without a prepared script,
spontaneously improvised or rehearsed over many months.
It was first used very loosely by artists in the early 1960s in the USA to refer to
the many live events taking place at that time, such as Happenings, Fluxus
concerts, Events, body art or (in Germany) Aktionen and
Demonstrationen.
·
shocking
audiences into reassessing their own notions of art and its
relation to culture
·
permissive,
open-ended medium with endless variables, executed by artists impatient with the
limitations of more established art forms and
determined to take their art directly to the public
·
The term ‘performance’ was originally adopted in the early 1970s to
emphasize the fact that the work was made by artists and to distinguish such
events from theatre; the early pieces were esoteric and paradoxical and far from
entertaining.
It was first used very loosely by artists in the early 1960s in the USA to refer
to the many live events taking place at that time, such as Happenings,
Fluxus concerts, Events, body art or (in Germany) Aktionen and
Demonstrationen.
·
THE ARTIST
The performer is the artist, seldom a ‘character’ like an actor in the theatre, and
the content rarely follows a traditional plot or narrative.
THE TIME FRAME
o lasting any time from a few minutes to many hours; it
might be performed once or repeated, with or without a prepared script,
spontaneously improvised or rehearsed over many months.
RoseLee Goldberg. "Performance art." Grove Art Online.
Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 21 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T066355>.
Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 21 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T066355>.