Art Performance

“Performance Art” or simply “performance” challenged and transformed the global art world in the 20th century; it was so successful that performance is now a medium available to any artist from any material-specific practice. This studio course is a home for “performance artists” to deeply investigate their methods, but also welcoming to anyone interested in how to engage with other people in time and space. Sequenced assignments and short readings will help us understand how performance has operated in recent years, but students will frame their own larger projects to advance their current practice. Art students are invited to expand their practices, and those from other “performing arts” are invited to consider how the frame of “performance” allows for new possibilities for with theatre, music, dance, and other modes of “being together otherwise.”