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Performance Art : A Mode of Communication

<p>This paper is a phenomenological approach to the field of performance art. It is aqualitative study based on observations and interviews. The aim is to understand how andwhy do artists use performance art. The empirical result shows that artists use performanceart to challenge what art is. The study explains how artists use performance art as a modeof communication, a communication based on using the voice in different modes. Throughusing an electronic filtered voice, the artists capture the audience's attention and at the sametime they challenge their own narrative and presence. Performance art is seen as a mode ofcommunication, which constitutes a social structure within communities. The study findsthat the artists generate an existential and political awareness for their audience.Keywords:</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:su-42382
Date January 2010
CreatorsSandström, Edvin
PublisherStockholm University, Department of Sociology
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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