Philosopher Nick Riggle reflects on Yoko Ono’s famous performance work “Cut Piece” Continue reading

February 23, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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February 23, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Philosopher Nick Riggle reflects on Yoko Ono’s famous performance work “Cut Piece” Continue reading
October 28, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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An incident at Slave Play shows what is wrong with philosophers’ obsession with distinctions Continue reading
October 25, 2017
by Alex King
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In September this year, French-Luxembourgian performance artist Deborah De Robertis exposed her vagina in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. A few days ago, she was acquitted of charges of sexual exhibitionism by Paris’s High Court. Why? Because (a) her intent was not sexual in nature, and (b) the “material element of the crime” was missing (= you couldn’t *see* her genitalia because pubic hair obscured it). (Yes, you may giggle now.)
April 19, 2017
by Alex King
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Performance art has always inhabited an ambiguous space between everyday behavior and marked-off ‘art’ behavior. And now ultra-conservative Infowars’ Alex Jones says that his vitriolic on-air personality is performance art. He refers to a recent incident as “clearly tongue-in-cheek and basically art performance, as I do in my rants, which I admit I do, as a form of art.” Now everyone is talking about whether or not he’s a performance artist.
October 22, 2016
by Rebecca Millsop
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Kendall Jenner admits that “being a supermodel is great” but she believes, deep down, that she is an artist. In this video Kendall Jenner shows off her “research” on performance art. See for yourself: