I hate performance art. However, since we’ve started our section on performance art I have become a little less critical and more accepting toward this form of art- it makes me laugh and even think a little. Today I took part in two acts. The first was a silent card-building task, created by Ashley Sullivan. My objective was to build a 3-story card house-much easier said then done- without speaking, for a whole 2 minutes-also easier said then done. I failed in the act of building anything more then 3 cards loosely leaning on each other but I accomplished the silent part. The second act I took part in was about a morning routine. Person one went about their normal morning routine while person two, myself in this act, acted as the utensils needed to complete the morning routine- i.e. shower, toothbrush, comb-sound effects included.
My own performance, which starred Tyson and Kayla, was a verbal progression into physical movement. Both started out by verbally playing the word association game ‘Dog, Bark, Tree.’ After a few rounds of verbally playing they were required to stop using words and only movements to convey what their ‘word’ association might be. Their movements led us to death, walking in place, rising from the dead, and brain-eating zombies (Tim Anderson makes a quick guest appearance as the man getting eaten).
We rely on the use of words everyday to get what we want and need. My piece explored what would happen if those words were taken away, how well we could communicate and understand each other. This scenario isn’t as far fetched as one might think, ‘when will we ever lose the use of words?” you may scoff, but just go to another country where you are not familiar with the language. See how far your words get you then.
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