Performance Art Piece

https://youtu.be/SF1vWGCqgJM

(Since my video file was too large to upload directly on to Blogger, I had to add the link above.)

For my performance art piece, I decided to take a walk along the river walk, while giving the viewer a view from my point of view.  The camera was positioned on my body so that the viewer would be able to see the same picture I saw through my eyes.  The viewer is able to experience the entirety of my walk in my shoes.  The video was published without sound so that the viewer could be focused on the sights they see around them.  Having sound adds distraction that could take the viewer away from everything going on around them.  

The examples of the performance art pieces on out syllabus were all very different.  Joseph Beuys had a sort of "awkward" approach to his performances.  He did things that were fairly abnormal, but it attracted a crowd.  Vito Acconci would do his performances in everyday places much like Beuys, but they weren't as extreme and abnormal as Beuys.  Marina Abramovic's performances were silent, and they were much deeper than the other two.  She would perform in public, and anyone could be a part of it.  Her staring performance was very simple, but was very deep in ways unique to each person she intersected with.

My performance was a mix between Acconci's and Abramovic's performances.  I wanted to carry out an everyday type activity, but have it be a silent video so the viewer could interpret it in whatever way they wanted, so for each person it could be different.