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Avant Garde Performance Art Module
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Explore Matthew Barney's website about his work, The Cremaster Cycle. Think about some reasons he may have for using a variety of mediums in such an inclusive way.
Read this article about performance art.
Day 2:
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Explore Yoko Ono's website and then do some research about her role in the development of performance art. This article about one of her most famous works would be work reading as well.
The artist Orlan has pushed the boundaries what what many people would consider to be art.
Think about an issue you would like to address through performance art. What are some symbols that could be used to represent this ambiguously? How would you want to combine visual images with performance to explore this topic? Design a 2 to 3 minute performance that combines some aspects of some of the artists you've encountered in the last few days.
Day 3:
Finalize your concept for your performance, and draw a storyboard to show what will be happening. Your storyboard needs to include at least 10 images. These images must be more than just sketches; they can be executed in any 2d medium, but they need to be created from scratch by you. Here's a video that explains a little more about making a storyboard.
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You also need to write a 1 page Artist's Statement describing your motivation for designing the performance the way you have. An Artist's Statement is one of the ways to express your vision through the use of written language to your audience.
Day 4:
Combine your storyboard and Statement into a Powerpoint presentation that you will present to the class. You can including any other extra elements you want, but you must include your storyboard, and the content of your Statement must either appear in the Powerpoint, or be verbally presented to the class.
Day 5: Everyone in the class will present their presentation about the performance they have planned to the class.

Given materials about the history and state of performance art, students will create a storyboard for a performance of their design, and give a verbal presentation to the class. Students will also write a 1 page Artist's Statement about their performance, with a maximum of 5 spelling or grammatical errors.
The Bloom Taxonomy level this lesson targets is synthesis. Students will design and plan a performance based on their ideas, and selected influences.
will then give an informal verbalconstruct a Powerpoint presentation aboutcombining their performancestoryboard and artist's statement, which they will present to their classmates.the class.
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Day 1:
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Watch some of music videos by Lady Gaga, and consider the way she combines music and visual imagery to tell a story in an unconventional way.
Explore Matthew Barney's website about his work, The Cremaster Cycle. Think about some reasons he may have for using a variety of mediums in such an inclusive way.
Read this article about performance art.

Shellekens, E. (2007). Conceptual Art. The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved (2009, December 7) from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conceptual-art/
This article is an in depth description of the medium of performance art.
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The Bloom Taxonomy level this lesson targets is synthesis. Students will design and plan a performance based on their ideas, and selected influences.
In this lesson, students will watch part of the Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney. They will then do research in the computer lab about the history, and present state of performance art as a medium. Students will then develop a concept for a 2-3 minute performance based on an issue or topic of their choosing. This performance should address the topic through the use of metaphor. Students will write a 1 page Artists Statement describing the topic and motivations of their performance. Students will draw a storyboard describing their performance consisting of at least 10 frames. Students will then give an informal verbal presentation about their performance to their classmates.
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Given materials about the history and state of performance art, students will create a storyboard for a performance of their design, and give a verbal presentation to the class. Students will also write a 1 page Artist's Statement about their performance, with a maximum of 5 spelling or grammatical errors.
The Bloom Taxonomy level this lesson targets is synthesis. Students will design and plan a performance based on their ideas, and selected influences.
verbal presentation about their performance to their

VA.B.1.4 The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.
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the class. Students will also write a 1 page Artist's Statement about their performance, with a maximum of 5 spelling or grammatical errors.
The Bloom Taxonomy level this lesson targets is synthesis. Students will design and plan a performance based on their ideas, and selected influences.
In this lesson, students will watch part of the Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney. They will then do research in the computer lab about the history, and present state of performance art as a medium. Students will then develop a concept for a 2-3 minute performance based on an issue or topic of their choosing. This performance should address the topic through the use of metaphor. Students will write a 1 page Artists Statement describing the topic and motivations of their performance. Students will draw a storyboard describing their performance consisting of at least 10 frames. Students will then give an informal verbal presentation to their classmates.

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Avant Garde Performance Art Module
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