Article Notes - Feb 24 2014

Body Issues in Performance Art: Between Theory and Praxis

• Performance art is based on culture
• Only meaning give actions a purpose, a performance without meaning would have no impact and possibly become a joke
• Both the performer and the spectator are dependent on each other
• Performance does not mean the actual body of the performer has to move, sometimes the lack of movement is just as powerful as movement itself
• Performance art is becoming more oriented towards communication and globalization 
• Art is not something that that can be imposed on man like other things in life, it is a voluntary experience
• Performance art is one of the few forms of art that cannot exist without the human form
• In order for performance art to be accessible and tolerable a performer must never be artificial or pretentious
• Performance art is unique in the way that not only does it have an individual meaning and purpose but it can be interpreted and through of in many other ways depending on your perspective.