Weekly Selfie Performance

 

                                                  "No", Yoselis De Jesus Minyety (2024)

My performance was essentially about saying "no" to the camera and capturing that moment in motion. I chose to do this because, often, we struggle to say "no" to things we don't want, and that hesitation or inability to set boundaries can shape and change us in ways we may not fully realize. 

Widewalls | Yoko Ono - A Groundbreaking Artist, Activist and Fighter

"Staged in 1964, one of her most famous works was the Cut Piece, where the members of the audience were invited to cut off pieces of her clothing until she was naked, thus making an abstract commentary on discarding materialism and its impact on society".

"The piece was lauded as an enactment of the physical vulnerability of women in a world where they are reduced to mere objects for looking at. This groundbreaking artwork is hailed as prophetic of feminist activism and of performance art as a form".

I chose these quotes because they reflect my appreciation for Yoko Ono's Cut Piece performance, which I found powerful and provoking. The second quote, in particular, captures the essence of the work, highlighting how it confronts and challenges the male gaze.

Hispanic Executive | Interview with Shaun Leonardo - Performance, Pedagogy, and Philosophy 

"For a white student, particularly a young white student, seeing the mode of expression of an artist of color can shift as much of their worldview as it does for a student of color".

"Don’t know what drove me to identify as an artist because it wasn’t within my familial background—not that I know of anyway—and my only exposure to art, growing up in Queens, were the moments here and there where we visited the Queens Museum and the Metropolitan Museum". 

I took these quotes from the reading because I relate with them.

Khan Academy Performance Art An Introduction webpages 

Bill Viola, The Crossing 

I liked it because it remind me of the films in the 70s

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Cleaning the museum—maintenance art

Her paint is water and the concrete is the canvas, 4 hours performance.

Domestic Maintenance. I found this piece particularly interesting and unique.