performance art

I. a definition of the movement

Creates a contact with most basic shared instincts:

our physical and psychological needs for food, shelter, sex and human interaction; our individual fears and self-consciousness; our concerns about life, the future, and the world we live in

Violates borders

I. a) roots

late 19th and early 20th century experimental art

theatrical and music performances

Italy, 1909: futurism, ‘art as action’

post World War II shared physical and emotional experiences

interaction with a real person

1960s in the US: Happenings, Fluxus, body art, etc.

links to conceptual art

Giacomo Balla Street Light, 1909

oil on canvas

example of futurism

(a) marina abramovic

1946, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Serbia)

parental influence

aim: to lessen the distance between the artist and the audience

ritualistic, physically and emotionally demanding

1975—1988: Ulay

balkan baroque1997

Abramovic herself

the house with the ocean view2002

Abramovic herself

the artist is present2010

Ulay and Abramovic Abramovic herself

marinaabramovicmademecry.tumblr.com

in the end it is all about you

society

balkansorthodox

politicsfear

sexuality

relationships

time

love

hate

vulnerability

loss

war

religion

Influences...

(b). joseph beuys 1921, Krefeld, Germany

Catholic middle class family

1940, military

Dusseldorf Academy of Art

1960s contemporary art

Fluxus group

challenging traditional notions

political reform advocate

"The contact with Fluxus endowed the issue of art and life, in Beuys' mind, with a radically different

significance. In Fluxus he recognized a vital current that released new impulses in himself--and here the other side of Beuys emerged, his powerful

sensitivity to, and talent for, the public arena and the media."

Inspirations…war

near death experience

alchemy

shamanism

regeneration

healing

I like America and America likes me1974

how to explain images to a dead hare1965

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19A_IPgcZ0

mainstream1967

"Art is not there to provide knowledge in direct ways. It produces deepened

perceptions of experience. . . . Art is not there to be simply understood, or we would

have no need of art.”

Joseph Beuys

(c). chris burden1946, Boston, USA

Fine Arts

sociological, political and environmental issues

endangering his life

shoot 1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26R9KFdt5aY

trans-fixed 1974

III. connection

The Balkan Baroque, 1997Marina Abramovic

The Crowning with Thorns, 1607Caravaggio

Berlin Performance Art Week

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