ENGL 40180 - Performance Art: History, Theory, Practice

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

Performance art is anti-art. Performance art is art that contradicts tradition, that aims to shock. This class will equip the student with an overview of its offenses. Class content may include: - Dada's early 20th-century assaults on the audience - Absurdist experimental performance works by Yoko Ono, Lygia Clark, John Cage, and Nam June Paik from the 1960s - Performance art addressing racism by Adrian Piper and William Pope L. from the 1980s - and Current performance works by Internet artists and others Discussions will focus on the aesthetics and politics of marginality. In other words: Why shock? Why experiment? Is there any market for such work today? We will also look at critical and theoretical texts about performance, modernism, and the avant-garde and consider their relation to the works themselves. These may include: - Manifestos by performers and artists - Debates about the autonomy of art - Poststructuralist writings on art and aesthetics - and Theories of performativity. Finally, students will be expected to create one or more performance art pieces themselves. Students should expect to be asked to participate in other students' pieces as well as in their own.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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