I thought this article was fascinating! I am a new art student (I was an environmental science major during my first round of undergrad⊠very different) and so Iâm just starting to fill in the gaps in my art history knowledge. I think because Iâve grown up in a time where performance art has been accepted, and even revered, I had never considered performance art as being so closely tied to major political upheaval. I thought it was interesting how RoseLee Goldberg described performance artâs history as being patchwork, and going through periods of subsidence and resurgence depending on how desperately artists were wanting to shake up the status-quo.
Something that was floating around the back of my mind while I was reading this article was how similar the performance art movements described are to the punk/ DIY culture today. It seems that we are living through a continuation of performance art culture in coffee shop open mic nights, poetry slams, and punk house shows. Both seem to attract mainly young, politically minded idealists who, if not attempting to overthrow the past, are at least attempting to push the future towards somewhere other than the direction it seems destined for. I think whatâs interesting, even more specifically, is that while the internet has definitely facilitated the movement of punk/ DIY ideas and been a seriously useful organizational tool, we are still, after over 100 years of performance art history, meeting in person to talk about what the future could look like and attempt to change it in an artistic way. Thereâs something beautiful about the truth that, while the internet has become an indispensible part of political and artistic communication, we are still drawn to seeing people present their performances live.
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