Perfomance Art Project

Hi, Everyone:

Since Performance Art (along with Installation Art) is arguably one of the most dominant styles of art today, I would like you to do a project that relates to this art form. This project will be due by October 1st (Initial blog deadline).

The project will consist of three parts;

Part one:

Go to "www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHi-ZcvFV-O" and watch the "Facebook Infomercial Paradoy". Watch it through several times, making notes of body language, movement, facial expressions and the individuals' physical reactions in relation to each other.


Part two:

Research prominent performance artists (i.e., Sandra Binion, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, etc.) and their work. Try and put yourself in their place and try to imagine how they would create a YouTube commercial such as this had they been hired to do it.

Part three:

Explain in detail the idea via this blog. Visuals are allowed. Since by October 1st everyone's blogs regarding this should be posted, you are to read your classmates proposals for the infomercial and post comments to a minimum of three of them (by October 3rd). Good luck, have fun, and be creative!