Continuing with my struggle to sensationalise my writing so it can begin to resemble real life, in the 'truth is stranger than fiction' theme, I got to thinking about Performance Art. So here is a little something to lend an excuse to procrastination.
There are five events listed below. I've personally seen them all over a number of years. Are any of these events 'Art' or Performance Art if you prefer. Was any of these performers 'begging for money', of course B sold things, but was he begging - VOTE for which one you think might have been a beggar in the POLL.
I'll reveal all on Sunday evening.
A. In a public space stands a young woman. She stands on a slightly raised dais, and exhibit in all but name. An older woman invites the public milling around to cut away a small section of the clothing of the young woman until she is finally left exhibiting her nakedness.
B. A man in his late twenties or early thirties rents an empty shop. He moves all of his possessions into the shop, and over the course of three days sells or gives away to the public and passers by last thing that he owns, including the clothes he is wearing, until he is left exhibiting his nakedness.
C. An old woman rests in the sunlight in a public space, her back against a low stone bench. She has a polythene bag over her head, taped with an industrial tape across her shoulders back and front. For a short while it is possible to see her face, but her breathing and the heat, mist the bag until her face is a pink blur. She breathes very shallowly, the bag scarcely moves. A notice invites the public to remove the bag.
D. A young 'conventionally attractive' girl stands naked, except for black shiny high-heeled shoes, on a catwalk of the type you might see at a fashion parade. The catwalk is coated with molten chocolate and the 'model' parades once or twice along its length finally sitting, then crawling, then rolling in the molten chocolate until she is completely coated. The public is invited to 'eat her'.
E. A woman in her late thirties, a 'conventional mum' appears in a public space wearing ankle length boots and a shiny black raincoat. She removes the raincoat and reveals a short black 'cocktail dress'. She removes the cocktail dress and reveals her body clad acetate sheets onto which have been photocopied the front covers of popular Womans' magazines. She hands a kitchen cleaner spray to members of the public and for each spray she receives, she removes one of the acetate sheets until all are removed and she is naked.
There are five events listed below. I've personally seen them all over a number of years. Are any of these events 'Art' or Performance Art if you prefer. Was any of these performers 'begging for money', of course B sold things, but was he begging - VOTE for which one you think might have been a beggar in the POLL.
I'll reveal all on Sunday evening.
A. In a public space stands a young woman. She stands on a slightly raised dais, and exhibit in all but name. An older woman invites the public milling around to cut away a small section of the clothing of the young woman until she is finally left exhibiting her nakedness.
B. A man in his late twenties or early thirties rents an empty shop. He moves all of his possessions into the shop, and over the course of three days sells or gives away to the public and passers by last thing that he owns, including the clothes he is wearing, until he is left exhibiting his nakedness.
C. An old woman rests in the sunlight in a public space, her back against a low stone bench. She has a polythene bag over her head, taped with an industrial tape across her shoulders back and front. For a short while it is possible to see her face, but her breathing and the heat, mist the bag until her face is a pink blur. She breathes very shallowly, the bag scarcely moves. A notice invites the public to remove the bag.
D. A young 'conventionally attractive' girl stands naked, except for black shiny high-heeled shoes, on a catwalk of the type you might see at a fashion parade. The catwalk is coated with molten chocolate and the 'model' parades once or twice along its length finally sitting, then crawling, then rolling in the molten chocolate until she is completely coated. The public is invited to 'eat her'.
E. A woman in her late thirties, a 'conventional mum' appears in a public space wearing ankle length boots and a shiny black raincoat. She removes the raincoat and reveals a short black 'cocktail dress'. She removes the cocktail dress and reveals her body clad acetate sheets onto which have been photocopied the front covers of popular Womans' magazines. She hands a kitchen cleaner spray to members of the public and for each spray she receives, she removes one of the acetate sheets until all are removed and she is naked.
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