| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"Live art, aka performance art, tends to involve the unexpected. It may have elements in common with performance arts such as experimental drama or dance, but it moves beyond the conventions and usual boundaries of these genres. Some live artists use shock tactics such as when the Chinese duo JJ Xi and Cai Yuan, had a pillow-fight on Tracey Emin's My Bed in the Turner Prize exhibition. These artists use slapstick violence to parody western stereotypes of the east, staging soy-sauce-and-ketchup fights in the streets. Some acts encourage the audience to become a crucial part of the work. Bobby Baker, who has become one of the UK's best-known live artists, has performed her off-the-wall housewife persona, where one of Baker's shows involves her taking the audience shopping with her. Tom Geoghegan performs around London in a number of sinister guises - holding a steady pose for hours at a time - he may suspend himself from the side of a tower block or hang from a tree. " - website |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast April 4, 2006. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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Rated: M |
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DVD |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Performance art
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| Author |
ABC-TV (Australia)
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