meanwhile,
just wanted to pass this on (below, appeared on Netbehavior)
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Can Performance Art be Collected…and Still Maintain its Original Message...?
by Jen Ortiz.
By definition, performance art is transitory. It’s sometimes
spontaneous. It’s often interactive. And it’s always an experience. It
isn’t, however, a tangible object like, say, a painting, sculpture or
even a string of musical chords on paper. And so, we’re left with a
perplexing question: can performance art ever be bought? In other words,
is it possible for a piece to be “owned” by anyone other than the artist
once the performance is over?
http://hyperallergic.com/53624/can-performance-art-be-collected/
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It looks like an interesting article, which also prompted a series of online responses.
>>Can performance art be collected or reproduced and still maintain its original message and ephemerality?>>
The article does start out, however, with the (in my opinion) misguided reference to performance's "ephemeral" status.
I always wondered where that myth came from, that performances are ephemeral.
regards
Johannes Birringer
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