Extreme performance art
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Since the beginning of the Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire
, Zurich
in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self mutilation. In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the Viennese actionists. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.
Some contemporary artists using extreme performance:
Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich)
Cabaret Voltaire was the name of a nightclub in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Hugo Ball, with his companion Emmy Hennings on February 5, 1916 as a cabaret for artistic and political purposes. Other founding members were Marcel Janco, Richard Huelsenbeck, Tristan Tzara, and Jean Arp...
, Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self mutilation. In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the Viennese actionists. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.
Some contemporary artists using extreme performance:
- Ron AtheyRon AtheyRon Athey is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally . Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality, and traumatic experience...
- Franko BFranko BFranko B is a London-based performance artist. He studied fine art in London at Camberwell College of Arts and Chelsea College of Art . His work was originally based on the bloody and ritualised violation of his own body...
- Bob FlanaganBob FlanaganBob Flanagan was an American performance artist, comic, writer, poet, and musician.-Early life:...
- Yang ZhichaoYang ZhichaoYang Zhichao Born in 1963 in Gansu province Northern Manchuria, is a performance artist living and working in Beijing....
- Miss CrashMiss CrashMiss Crash is the stage name of a fetish model and prominent extreme performance artist known for her extensive body suspension work. Named The Queen of Suspension at the Chicago Tattoo Convention in 2008 after completing a 27 hook, 18 transition suspension , Miss Crash has also been pierced with...