This is a link to a review of a piece that Miguel Guitierrez and The Powerful People toured last year called "Last Meadow." 

 

This is one of my favorite performance groups... part performance art, part choreography, all awesomeness. 

 

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/arts-and-entertainment/culturephile-portland-arts/articles/dance-tba-090509-g

This is a great article about Laurie Anderson... also talks a bit about how she likes composing for dogs.  Reminded me a little bit of the work that Diane and also Ben have done.  

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/13/laurie-anderson-landfall

The Performa Festival is the nation's most awesome performance art festival.  Lots of cool stuff on here... fieldtrip next year? 

 

 

http://11.performa-arts.org/

Here's an article about Marina Abramovic and Ulay during "The Artist is Present at MOMA".  Totally awesome footage. 

 

 

http://zengarage.com.au/2013/03/marina-abramovic-and-ulay/

Situationists caught mid-devires... or maybe just walking.  Hard to tell. 

An interesting article about Chris Burden; 

"An efficient test of where you stand on contemporary art is whether you are persuaded, or persuadable, that Chris Burden is a good artist."

You can find the article here.
One of Burden's controversial works is "Shoot" where he was shot by his assistant as a part of the performance.
An ethical critique of Burden's Shoot is here.



 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHK_r9RXTc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE-SAgjGdMc

 

 

I mean... these guys are just pretty great.