performance art

Features works by such spoken word artists as Tish Benson, Saul Williams, Willie Perdomo, Tracie Morris, Ava Chin, and Carl Hancock Rux.

Emergency INDEX is an annual print publication of performance documented in the words of its creators, providing a cutting-edge view of the ways in which performance is used in dance, theater, poetry, music, visual art, political activism, scientific research, advertising, terrorism, and elsewhere.

Explores all types of performance art including action painting, street performers, flash mobs, and mime artists. Offers opinions for and against the argument that performance art is really art. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Looks at performance art and discusses whether or not it is a form of art.

Performances from the 1960s by Robert Whitman that involve interaction of film, lights, sound, live performers, props, and objects. Includes original footage of The American moon (1960) and Flower (1963), short documentaries about the works, interviews with Trisha Brown, Jim Dine, Simone Forti, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras, and Robert Whitman. A recent performance of Prune Flat (1965) is accompanied by an interview with Whitman about the piece. A bonus video presents Ghost, Whitman's latest theater work (2002).