PERFORMANCE ARTIST OBSERVATIONS

The three performance artists that I chose to observe are Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, and Joseph Beuys.

For these artists, the act of creating the actual art was not the main concern. All of the artists were causing social movements or realizations with their performance pieces by interacting in ways that may make others feel uncomfortable or may not seem like art at all, but because they each had a deeper meaning behind their pieces, it is art.

Technology is not relevant or an essential part of their pieces because they are focused on the interaction of people in their natural state, which excludes the need of any kind of technology to be present.

There are a lot of things that should be done through performance art to cause social movements. I feel that it is important for society to be more accepting of the statements that artists are trying to convey, but at the same time I feel that is what creates a sense of wonder for people.