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I don’t play the violin. This violin was acquired after I learned about Dadaist performance and Cabaret Voltaire shenanigans. To add to the absurdity and chaos of these events, some would make noise on instruments they did not know how to play. Being a musician with knowledge of other instruments, this sounded freeing to me since formal music training can sometimes be stifling to creativity or experimentation. I decided to try it out as an exercise with the violin. It is nice to completely disregard notes and technique, and instead focus only on what the sounds are like and how it feels.

Final Artist Performance

For the final week, I have chosen “Work Emma”. This is a form of myself that I have been cultivating and manipulating for years to fit into the “neurotypical” realm of the capitalistic society that we live in. My “mask” at work protects me from being over stimulated and breaking down as well as protecting my heart from the rudeness that just naturally comes with working in the service industry. Since the start of the pandemic, my neuro typical mask (performance) has saved me from exposing my emotions to customers that refuse to give a damn about anyone else and also has helped me in not lashing out at the people around me. While this isn’t a true performance, if you have ever seen me at work in comparison to how I am outside in my day to day life, you could compare it to an act.

PROJECT #5 :) Lovers Timeline

For this final project I wanted to create a performance that was very playful (but not in my expression????) and stuck to my light nature of this semester. Im calling this performance Lovers Timeline, what i have done here is sewn a couple of pairs of underwear from different exes together and then put them on in various ways. For some reason, i seem to keep acquiring other peoples underwear. Usually I’ll just sleep in them, but i thought maybe it was time to utilize all the undies before I tossed them...Hope you all enjoy this slightly awkward video and I hope you all have a great summer!!

Reading Response #3

Y’all I have read this much in forever!

All performances take place in a site. What makes a performance work site-specific?

I think that if the performance can impact the physical space, that can make it site-specific. Certain locations have power in themselves to provoke emotions so if your performance works in favor of the site, then that will add to the experience.

What characteristics are inherent in a site, and how can those characteristics be subject or material for a performance?

Having a performance at a place like a memorial or monument can change the emotion of the artists work, those are very public places. But somewhere maybe like a disclosed area can provide a more intimate feeling for the artist and the audience creating a different experience

In your opinion, can there be a "right" or "wrong" site for a performance? Why or way not?

I think that there can be appropriate places to perform and definitely the opposite. It all has to do with the subject at hand, I think that a lot of performance artists base their location on audience response. They want the audience to react to the performance, and if the location helps in that way then best to them.

Film Response #2

I HAVE EVEN MORE REGRET...

This was such an amazing film to watch, I actually had to watch parts twice so that I could really understand what was going on. Some of the performances that Huan has done gave me a visceral response, something I am always looking for when it comes to art ;) I loved the legitimately raw nature of the performances and the reactions that the audience gave. When you google Zhang Haun, the first article is about how he created the grossest performance art scene and I just love that. I love describing some of my own work as gross. Definitely very inspiring in comparison to some of the more “accepted” performance artists out there.

I will be honest, this lecture was very hard for me to pay attention to, but I had heard about Janine Antoni before and I was excited to learn more about her. What I love so much about her performances is the simplistic soft nature to them. Chewing on a chocolate cube as a performance really doesn’t seem that grand until you actually see just how much chocolate she had to eat. The accessibility of material makes me think about how many items Ive bought for certain projects when I could have just been making everything out of soap.

Reading Response 2

Im VERY SORRY AND I HAVE A LOT OF REGRET

1. How do you define "agency" in art and performance art?

Agency is used in performance art to invoke a particular result from your audience. By using your own agency or best judgement, you can control how the people around you respond and react.

2. What is Amelia Jones saying about the relationship between action and "material" in performance art?

“Im “in” the clay, and its “in” me” pg 21. The artists body becomes a part of the material in a performance art. There is no separation between the art and the artist in that sense.

3. What is a "hybrid practice" in art and performance art?

In my mind a hybrid practice is a performance that is only a true performance at one time. There is no way to recreate the exact performance again. The person who is creating “on stage” becomes a part of the performance, but when that segment is finished and the artist walks away there is still something left over in the end.

Performance artist #13

This week we have Vanessa Beecroft, an american artist that used lives models in her piece titled Project 12. In Sydney of 1999, Beecroft filled a gallery room with semi-nude women and one single nude women who were only clothed in a flesh-toned bra, red tights, and Prada heels. In the gallery the models would stand for hours instructed to show no emotion while standing for hour. They were aloud to move naturally, but not talk or make any sounds.

Week 12??

For this performance week, I have chosen Pierre Sernet, a New York based artist that ha created in my mind a very pure performance piece. In this multi year long series, Sernet has invited strangers from many different countries into his traditional Japanese tea ceremony. This portable box that he has created provides a space for the guests and Sernet to perform this very intimate ceremony.

‘Art from Isolation’ is a series Document Journal began at the start of the coronavirus quarantine in the United States. The series surveys how artists in di...

Performance artist of the week #11

This fake week, I am sharing the work of Canadian artist Miles Greenberg. In this original piece Greenberg suspends themselves from the ceiling with chains and moving freely as they can. This is a study piece from quarantine where artists participated in anyway they possibly could to create art from a distance. I know that my own practice suffered drastically during this time, so its always so interesting to see what others have made.

Performance artist ###10 ???

Y’all this is ROUGH!!!!! anyone else???

For this weeks performance we have Cuban artist Tania Bruguera. In this interactive piece, Bruguera invited the audience to speak freely at the podium for one minute before being escorted off the stage by actors in military outfits. I think that in an art setting bending the “rules” about what you can and can not say can be very easy, but I can imagine that some people can get carried away and that when their time is up at the podium, they could get hostile and defensive.

Tatlin's Whisper #6 (Havana Version), 2009

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Performance Artist of the Week 11

For week 11 I wanted to highlight the Guerrilla Girls. This is an anonymous group of feminist artists who focus on racism, and sexism, especially in the art scene. They practice culture jamming and distribute posters, billboards, and performance work. they wear masks because they believe that their message is more important that personal notoriety.

Performance #3! For my site specific I am taking everyone past my childhood homes. for 21 years I have lived in the same neighborhood in a couple of different homes around the town. now that I am older and living on my own in a different part of Denver, it is nice to visit certain streets and sidewalks that grew up on.

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Performance artist of the week #9

Carmen Beuchat

Carmen Beuchat, Two Not One, 1975.

Carmeb Beuchat is a chilean performance artist that uses dance as her medium. I have not yet featured an artist that works primarily in this medium and i think it is important to include because it is a more traditional form of performance.

Below is a picture of her dance group she started called Natural History of the American Dancer.

Performance artist of the weeeeeek #9

Here we have Suzanne Lacy a performance artist from California. In 1980, Lacy created a Rembrandt like two day long performance that emulated vampires Dracula vibes. For two days Lacy stayed in this abandoned warehouse where she created a painting of the flayed lamb in the background. While Lacy wasnt painting, she was reading aloud and also sleeping in a coffin that was filled with dirt.

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Performance Artist of the Week 8

For week 8 i thought it would be interesting to look into the Blue Man Group. This is an American group that was formed in the late 80′s which involved men painted blue, mute, creating performance art with music and visuals. The original founders were Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. They obviously started small but eventually grew to the point of touring all over the US and internationally as well. They would commonly act as outsiders of society during their performances and touch on ideas such as innocence, science, and the self.

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Film Response 3

I love Asco. I think they are the epitome of why I love performance art. They aren’t embarrassed to stand out, they use themselves as the canvas, and they see every opportunity as a performance art piece. I really liked at about 6 minutes in when they would talk about how crazy they would try to dress even just to go to a party or event. I also liked how they explained how with their art they were questioning the negative stereotypes Mexicans were faced with at this time.

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