Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Raf Learns about Performance Art

“The art that we should be doing today, in the twenty-first century, is art that is not for the museum. It’s art for the street and people’s lives.”— Tania Bruguera 

  • Bruguera emphasizes the importance of art engaging directly with society, moving beyond institutional confines to effect real-world change.

​“I still believe in a dream. And as an artist I feel that everything I’ve been trying to do is trying to kind of force or redirect reality towards the dream, but with the knowledge that propaganda is different than reality.” — Tania Bruguera ​

  • This reflects Bruguera's commitment to using art as a tool to bridge the gap between idealism and reality, acknowledging the complexities involved in such endeavors.

“My work doesn't exist without the audience.”— Marina Abramović ​

  • Abramović highlights the integral role of the audience in performance art, suggesting that the interaction between artist and viewer is essential to the artwork's existence.

​“Performance is all about your state of mind. The public is like a dog; they can feel fear, they can feel insecurity, and they can feel if you are not there.”— Marina Abramović ​

  • This underscores the authenticity required in performance art, where the artist's mental presence directly influences the audience's experience.​ 

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