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FYS-199-21 Protest, Provocation, Perform (Barber Fall 2024)

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Source: Prince George Community College

 

Performance Art and Protest

We might think of Performance Art as something completely different to what's usually shown in museums. We're used to museums (like us) collecting and showing objects, but performance is live and ephemeral. It happens and then it's gone. But more and more, we're showing this sort of thing. In this series, Tate Short's series invited art historian Jacky Klein to take a close look at five different ways in which performance is found inside, and sometimes outside, the museum, so that (perhaps) it feels a little more familiar next time you encounter it. Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl

Resources for Beginning your Research

Since 1962, Artforum has been the defining voice in contemporary art. Artforum's specially commissioned artist projects, reviews, and essays on film, music, architecture, media, and more lend a unique perspective to the fine arts and to popular culture at large.

America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema, offers social, political, and aesthetic perspectives on all areas of the cinema, including Hollywood films (old and new), American independent cinema, quality European films, and the cinema of developing nations. Featuring critical articles, film and book reviews, interviews, and editorial columns, Cineaste seeks to engage an intelligent audience while remaining readable for all.

 

 

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