VSAR 310 - Performance Art

Units: 3

An introductory studio course in performance art. Emphasis will be placed on, the body as the primary medium of performance, improvisational structures, site-specific performances, and creating performances from a cross disciplinary perspective. This theory and practice course will consist of intensive practical experience, critiques of student work, and lectures and class discussions on contemporary and historical practices in performance art. The structure of the course is assignment-based with one public performance planned at the end of the semester. Two hours of lecture Two hours laboratory.