Performance art, to me, has always been such a strange concept. Naturally, it is a very conceptual thing, and requires time for the body to execute. Sometimes, it really is beautiful and aesthetic, other times it just looks like really awkward theatre blocking, leaving a permanent furrowed brow on my face.
There are different ways to do performance art, and the ones that we all know are things like theatre, musical production, concerts, mimes, circus work, live paintings, improv, flash mobs or recitals. Another way to look at the idea of performance art is doing anything outside natural and impulsive action in everyday life, therefore anything premeditated can be considered a performance.
That’s entirely conceptual, though.
Now, this type of performance in this video called Architectural Dialogue, it’s a bit more obscure. Take a look and make up your own opinion about what contemporary artists are calling a standard for performance art.
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