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Summary: The concept for a performance art piece should be clear and direct; make people think or rock the boat. Learn to be a performance artist with a concept in this free conceptual art video.
Athena Reich is a professional musician, actress, artist, singer, songwriter and coach for all of the above. She is based in New York City. Reich has released four CDs, toured...read more
"In this clip "All About Performance Art", I'm going to talk about your concept. So you want to create a performance art piece, you got to get a concept. This is not entertainment, this is art. You got to say something. Now earlier, you saw me completely break out of a garbage bag. I can't just do that for kicks, I got to have a concept. Well here's my concept. The garbage of society. We're throwing things away. We're wasteful. And it's time for re-birth. We can, I'm, my concept is re-birth and hope in the midst of garbage. Sometimes it feels like, you know, our society is falling apart. But there's a re-birth. So that is a good strong concept for Performance Art because it's a clear concept, I can say it in one sentence- Rebirth from destruction and it provokes. It rocks the boat. Alright. So it provokes and rocks the boat. For example, I took a garbage bag, put it over my head and I broke out of it. I'm showing that you can create rebirth from destruction. That is a clear, clear concept. It rocks the boat, it's about society. Get a concept, make people think."