| Conceptual Art
a large gymnasium wall to wall with white sneakers of the same brand
and style, except for one pair off of the center (ie not directly in
the center) that is black and of a different brand.
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A regular store-bought candy bar. under glass.
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Performance Art
Title: Snooze
Setting: Bare stage except for a bed and night stand with digital
alarm clock and lamp. Lit in a dim light attempting to achieve that
of morning sun through a window, but failing.
Action: Every nine minutes the alarm goes off, the sleeper raises his/her
head turns on the lamp looks at the clock for an interval longer than necessary, hits the snooze button, turns off the lamp and goes back
to sleep.
Performance length: can vary, but should be at leats nine hours.
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In a large city park. Place a movie screen that is at
least 10 times
as large as a Drive-In screen (the bigger, the better),
hopfully
filling the entire horizon from most of the park at least.
On the
screen, project a live feed of what the horizon would look
like were
the screen not there (i.e. what is going on directly on
the other
side of the screen.
Variation: On the screen project the image of the park
itself, as if
it were a mirror.
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Performance Art (political)
In a public location, preferably near city hall or a government
building, the performer should stand and be attired as
is the image
of the Iraqi prisoner with the hood and electrodes as what
is called
a "Vietnam." Idealy, at least one person should
appear outside the
capitol and state legislature in each state + outside the
White House
and Congressional building in D.C.
Duration: To be performed until all U.S. military is withdrawn
from Iraq.
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Manicure
A person slowly and meticulously gives themselves
a full-detailed
manicure. The performer should spend at least 10-20 minutes
on each
nail, getting it just right. And then move on to the toes...
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Dictionary
A person reads the entire dictionary in a monotone
voice. Preferably
on a sparse stage with only a spotlight (not blindingly
bright).
Variations on this can include: Bilingual Dictionary. Thesauraus.
For
extremes: Naked Dictionary (the reader sits naked as they
read) and
Oxford English Dictionary.
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a male all in black, shirt slightly torn, recites the
Kaddish over and over
for every person who has died in _______ (the performer
can fill in the
conflict of their choice, natural disasters sort of ruin
the political
edge). Can also be modified for other religions and, in
which case, the
gender of the performer and the prayer uttered can be changed
as well.
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Title: Security breeds mediocrity
Details: Government employee takes picture of their naked arse pressed against their supervisor's keyboard. They post it on their university/office's main website page. They are reprimanded, but not fired. Action is repeated every week for the six months that it takes to get them officially fired. This piece can be extended in duration if excessive red tape and bureaucratic difficulties would allow them to continue the art piece even longer.
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Performance Art (nostalgic)
A marble vault is set up that the spectator can peer into.
Just below the viewing hole are letters carved into the
marble which read "Just Say No." Inside the vault
is a small replica of Stonehenge made entirely of hard
tofu. In the center of the tofu Stonehenge is a small statue
of Ronald Regan. The statue has a mechanical hand which
pushes a red button every fifteen minutes. When this button
is pushed, small holes are opened which let in ants who
eat the tofu. Every alternate fifteen minutes, the button
being pushed fills the vault with a pesticide which kills
all the ants. The piece continues until either all the
tofu is devoured or the entire vault is filled with ant
bodies.
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