“I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.” TryingArtPerformancesPerformance Art Author:Liz Phair
“'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.” WorldArtMomentsArtistStageHappeningsMachinesPerformancesPunkCagesScarceTransportArt WorldCombiningEdgyDo It YourselfEthosCrumblingTime MachinePerformance Art Author:Jerry Saltz
“I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'” ThinkingWellsMayArtSchoolNightComedyTeacherHigh SchoolPerformancesClubsSigningInappropriateMicsPerformance ArtComedy Clubs Author:Margaret Cho
“The whole point of what I do - the monster ball, the music, the performance art aspect of it, I wanna create a space for my fans where they can feel free and they can celebrate because I didn't fit in in high school and I felt like a freak, so I like to create this atmosphere for my fans where they feel like they have a freak in me to hang out with and they don't feel alone.” FeelsArtWholeSchoolFeltSpaceFansFitHigh SchoolAspectPerformancesBallsMonstersCelebrateAtmosphereHanging OutFreakPerformance Art Author:Lady Gaga
“It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on” ArtHouseFrontsPerformancesConnectedGradesFourthPerformance ArtFourth GradeMyopic Author:James Marsters
“I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.” ArtSchoolFunComedyFinePerformancesFine ArtsArt SchoolPerformance Art Author:Mary Lynn Rajskub
“Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.” ArtSometimesPerformancesTheaterSakePerformance Art Author:Roger Stone
“I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.” ArtFilmUsedPerformancesTheatreUsed To BeIntriguedPerformance ArtLive Theatre Author:Mike Figgis
“Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.” KindArtJoyArt IsPerformancesPerformance Art Author:Laurie Anderson
“From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.” ShouldArtAttitudeStagePerformancesColleaguesArtworkDocumentationPerformance Art Author:Marina Abramovic
“Hipsters seek refuge in church, Our Lady of Perpetual Subculture. There is some discussion as to whether or not they are still cool but then they are calmed by the obscure location and the arrival of their kind. Keep the address to yourself, let the rabble fund it themselves. Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel no so terrible about my various emotional issues.” FeelsKindArtStillsChurchIssuesEmotionalTerribleArt IsPerformancesVariousDiscussionAddressesFundWowPerpetualRefugeLocationObscureArrivalsHipsterSubculturePerformance Art Author:Colson Whitehead
“My father was a painter and an anarchist, always getting in trouble for his performance art.” ArtFatherTroublePerformancesPainterAnarchistPerformance Art Author:Sadie Frost
“I spent all of my childhood at a performance art camp. Putting on plays, it was more like commedia dell'arte. It wasn't career-oriented in any way. It was more fun and therapeutic, so I never really thought of it as something I would end up doing. I was more convinced I was going to be a painter.” WayArtEndsPlayFunCareersChildhoodPerformancesConvincedPainterCampsTherapeuticPerformance ArtDell Author:Troy Garity
“I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen their work on the screen and I've been like, Wow, that was a really great performance. Because there are a lot of elements with film. It's not like stage. It's not a kind of performance art anymore; it's a highly tuned kind of collaboration - a symphony.” KindArtFilmActorsStageElementsPerformancesScreensCollaborationWowReally GreatSymphonyPerformance ArtGreat Performance Author:Vincent Kartheiser