sorry, a little history correction: Suffragettes invented performance art

look at this: for some f*** reason i cannot upload the video.
but if you go to you tube and search for SUFFRAGETTES INVENTED PERFORMANCE ART
you will find an excellent 4 min lecture by leslie hill.
do it, love it, spread it



TOP 10 OF PERFORMANCE-ART STEREO TYPES

BY LESLIE HILL

1. PERFORMANCE ARTISTS ARE PERPETUALLY NAKED

2. PERFORMANCE-PIECES ARE NECESSARILY FILLED WITH EFFLUVIA

3. PERFORMERS ARE EITHER GAY MEN, STRAIGHT WOMEN, LESBIANS, WOMEN OF COLOUR, MEN OF COLOUR, UNEMPLOYED NORTHERN-IRISH-SINGLE-PARENT-COAL-MINERS OR OTHERWISE OPPRESSED MINORITY

4. PERFORMANCE ARTISTS ARE EITHER SMART OR SMART ASSES

5. PERFORMANCE ARTISTS ARE SELF-INDULGENT

6. PERFORMANCE ART IS PROBABLY POLITICAL, EVEN IF NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND IT

7. SOLO PERFORMANCE WORK IS USUALLY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (A LOGICAL PROGRESSION OF 3 + 5) AND IS FREQUENTLY SELF-WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PERFORMED

8. PERFORMANCE-ART EVENTS WILL BE ADVERTISED USING ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ADJECTIVES: ´CUTTING EDGE´, ´GROUND-BREAKING´, ´ICONOCLASTIC´, ´UNCOMPROMISING´, ´HARD HITTING´, ´CONTEMPORARY´ AND/OR ´IN YOUR FACE´

9. A WIG ON THE HEAD OF A PERFORMANCE ARTIST IS A PROP, NOT A COSTUME

10. WITHIN ANY GIVEN PERFORMANCE PIECE, MEANING WILL BE DECONSTRUCTED FASTER THAN IT IS CONSTRUCTED, THEREBY LEAVING THE AUDIENCE IN DEFICIT BY THE END OF THE PIECE