Performance Art
Orange Is the Old Black
To investigate the conditions in the New York State prison system for women circa 1916, socialist reformer Madeleine Zabriskie Doty arranges to have herself incarcerated, masquerading as a real criminal, under the name "Maggie Martin."
Read her experiences here, in SOCIETY'S MISFITS.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 20, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Reformers, Do-gooders, Agitators and SJWs, Performance Art, Books, 1910s
Narcissister
Caution: some brief flashes of bare bosoms--a tactic which seems to constitute the entirety of the performer's artistic armory--in video and at the link..
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 18, 2014 -
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Category: Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art
Miz Caramel Vixen: Giantess Car Crush Video
Whatever gets you off, I guess.....
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 28, 2014 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Public Humiliation, Performance Art, Infantilism, Obesity
Dana Michel
Yes, it appears this "dance" is performed with clown nose and ripped panties around the ankles. But why not get the explanation of her "art" direct from the horse's mouth?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 14, 2014 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Stereotypes and Cliches, Performance Art
More Stephen Cohen
Perhaps you recall a recent report (I seem to recall Chuck covered the incident) about a performance artist in Paris who attached a rooster to his genitals for a public parade. That was Stephen Cohen, and here's more about him.
Caution: some mild, non-sexualized nudity.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 01, 2014 -
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Category: Body, Eccentrics, Performance Art, Africa
The Pain Artist
- Having one of his ribs removed so that he could wear it as a necklace.
- Having a doctor cut a one meter gash down the side of his body, without anesthesia.
- Encasing himself in a cube of quick-setting concrete for 24 hours.
- Trying to "cut a river in half" by suspending himself above it from a crane while holding a knife in the water, as blood dripped from cuts in his arms.
- Painting the fingernails and toenails of 10 mannequins with his own blood.
- Staring at 10,000 watt bulbs to damage his eyesight
- Burning his clothes while wearing them.
[via The Rakyat Post]
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 11, 2014 -
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Category: Performance Art
Joan Jonas
More on the "artist" here.
Still doing her thing in 2014!
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 10, 2014 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art
Luciana Achugar
If you can watch all ten minutes of this without feeling the urge to quit or fast-forward, you are made of tougher stuff than I.
Home page of the "artist."
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 01, 2014 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Performance Art, Dance
Street Performer Kalan Sherrard
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 01, 2014 -
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Category: Performance Art
The art of Uwe Max Jensen
Some of Uwe Max Jensen's previous work includes his groundbreaking, self-explanatory piece titled, "For one complete week, I will only use the Aarhus Museum of Art when having a shit."
And there's also his 2005 piece titled "Raising the water level in a sculpture by Olafur Eliasson." This involved urinating in Eliasson's 'Waterfalls' sculpture.
[Copenhagen Post]
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 25, 2014 -
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Category: Art, Performance Art
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