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“Performance Art” :  A Mode of Communication

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 and why do artists use performance art. The empirical result shows that artists use performance art to challenge what art is. The study explains how artists use performance art as a mode of communication, a communication based on using the voice in different modes. Through using an electronic filtered voice, the artists capture the audience's attention and at the same time they challenge their own narrative and presence. Performance art is seen as a mode ofcommunication, which constitutes a social structure within communities. The study finds that the artists generate an existential and political awareness for their audience.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-46168
Date January 2010
CreatorsSandström, Edvin
PublisherStockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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