ARTS 420 - Exploring: Performance Art

Institution:

Coastal Carolina University

Subject:

Art Studio

Description:

(3 credits)(Prereq: ARTS*208 or ARTS*320; or permission of instructor) This course explores action and the utilization of the body as a material in contemporary art. In this course, studens create both in-process and developed performance artworks presented in class for critique. This course is experimental in nature, and is open to a wide range of possibilities and interpretations of what performance art is, and could be. We investigate audience-performer relationships, site-specificity, working with extended duration, body awareness, personae work and documentation strategies. We engage texts and other media to gain an understanding of the history of performance art. We also explore contemporary climate around the medium's inclusion and/or exclusion from institutional art contexts, public spaces, and artist-run intiatives. Spring

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Take ARTS*208 or ARTS*320(10581);

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Department: Art; CEEB: 5837;

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.coastal.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 347-3161

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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