- Artists began to satirize and parody Hollywood films and actors to use in their performances.
- McLean a London artist usually had zany titles given to his productions that utilized poses and even though it was satirized it was still art.
- Other parodies involving other artist would parody the overly seriousness of art itself or did costume performances.
The punk aesthetic
-As the punk rock era of music began artists began to use punk as an aesthetic for their art as well as some arts becoming musicians such as Alan Vega.
- Although even when the artist would go punk they wouldn't fully commit to punk itself as they would still see music as an art and pay homage to their pieces in their music performances.
- These works would usually have a disruptive and cynical mood to them that fit the punk style of the time as it would rebel against the establishment just as the Futurist had done.
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The performance fringe
- Performance fringe was an art dominated by images to focus on the 'stage picture' so it had no straightforward plot or narrative.
- Performance art was also the product of artists' performance and avant- garde theater and this style was done by Robin Wilson with many different performances.
- Wilsons acts lasted from two to twelve hours with a repeat of performances over several months and consisted of multiple aspects such as developing experimental theaters and many other influences from other artists.
- From the large scale of the pieces it made Wilsons' work seem traditional to actual theater compared to other performance art as wilson tried to reach a broader audience with his text and performance style.
The media generation
- By 1979 the punk anti-establishment idea began to be rejected and instead of becoming a rock star artist were trying to become celebrities due to media
- So artist of this new media era began to try to break the barriers of art and the media. Laurie Anderson was the first landmark to break these barriers with hand-drawn pictures and blown-up photos as a background to her songs about life.
- The ambivalence of performance artists was captured by this need to become a celebrity in the media world and allowed for a new territory to be explored in art.
- Artist began performing in clubs like The Pyramid, 8 BC, or The Limbo Lounge for small audiences that involved sharp focus and lucid execution in order to keep their audience and attract others which showed each artists skill in their work as well as being a mock celebrity.
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Towards Theater
- Performance art became fun and fashionable during the 1980s due to the artists of 1979 paving the way for media in art. Thus allowing for performance art to become more traditional to theater and opera on large and small scales.
- The work of Laurie Anderson and Robert Wilson reached Europe and inspired more artist who would also follow the traditional theater road with media references creating a stage that was like a tv screen.
- With this came the blurring of performance and traditional theater with Robert Wilson's work inspiring operas and performances such as Greek tragedies and stories of Malcolm X were being told on a stage.
Dance Theater
- With the rise of tradition theater dance theater began to become interested in, around the same time with the request for highly trained bodies, beautiful costumes, lighting, and backdrops.
- With this want for dance came a balance of classical and anarchistic approaches to dance and music.
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By: Kyle Woods
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