I found this text to be very interesting, they describe performance art with many different terms, phrases, I had never heard before or never thought they would use. Saying such things like “The streets are mere extensions of our performance laboratory, galleries without walls if you will.” Or even my favorite quote from the beginning of this reading: ” our main artwork is our own body” treating their body as a blank canvas, where it can be changed, decorated, touched, etc. They are the main parts of a piece or of the performance piece.
This text portrays the performance artists and their works to be taboo to others, or not seen as real art. When to them, this is the most freeing, open type of art form they can pursue. As there are no boundaries for what performance art can or can’t be. So they are fully able to express themselves and their beliefs more freely. Also that instead of just looking at a piece, the audience can interact with it and be more moved or emotionally affected by the piece.
Out of this whole article, the part that really stood out to me was “X.-A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH” how Guillermo described that performance artists are absolutely dedicated to their art and their pieces, some would walk for days nonstop, some wouldn’t talk for days or months, but they all put their lives out public and in danger sometimes, to either prove a point, make the audience feel something or a number of other things. I personally believe that takes a lot of guts to do especially without taking any regards to your own safety.
Juhyriah Gay (King) 