performance art
Let an agent explain performance art, relay its history, forms and ideas from art sources, describe the related practices its aliases name, and distinguish it from theatre, dance and object-based visual art.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain performance art, relay its history, forms and ideas from art sources, describe the related practices its aliases name, and distinguish it from theatre, dance and object-based visual art.
A genre of art in which the work consists of actions performed by the artist or participants, often before an audience, rather than a lasting physical object; the registry aliases name related forms such as body art, action art, live painting and video performance. Performance art emerged as a distinct field in the twentieth century, drawing on theatre, visual art and dance, and it can be live, documented or repeated.
What it is for: Making art through performed action.
It can be explain the genre; relay its history and ideas; describe related forms; distinguish it from theatre and dance.
Distinguishing features
Action rather than object
Often live with an audience
Draws on several art forms
May be documented
What it looks like
No single appearance; a live or recorded action by an artist, from still poses to elaborate events.
Physical character
medium: performed action note
period: developed in the twentieth century note
registry parents: time-based art, art note
How it is recognised
Art made of performed action
Body art, action art, live painting, video performance
Theatre follows a script for characters; dance centres movement; object art makes a lasting thing
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
is related to -
In practice
Families and kinds
live performance
body art
video performance
durational work
Standards and regulation
Not applicable
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing with theatre or dance
Treating documentation as the work
Overstating shock value
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What performance art is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is performance art, and how does it differ from theatre, dance and object-based art? definition
- Is the question about a related form such as body art? boundary
Forms
Related forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are body art, action art and live painting? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
History History.
Sources.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did performance art develop in the twentieth century? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Figures
Notable practitioners.
Figures
Figures.
- Which artists are associated with performance art? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Ideas Ideas.
Sources.
Concepts
Concepts.
Concepts
Concepts.
- What ideas about presence, time and the body does performance art explore? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Documentation
Documentation.
Documentation
Documentation.
- How is performance art documented and preserved? provenance
- Is documentation the work or a record of it? boundary
Context Context.
Context.
Relations
Related fields.
Relations
Relations.
- How does performance art relate to theatre, dance and visual art? provenance
- Which entry fits the related field? action
Reception
Reception.
Reception
Reception.
- How is performance art received and interpreted? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should sub-forms be separate entries?
- How should documentation relate to the live work?
- How should the boundary with theatre be drawn?