The time of now is commonly regarded as the realm of visual culture. Photography images, Television and films became the most dominating media in the contemporary time. In the article of The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin has pointed out that the shift in function of art, from the time of artwork with aura (or simply, with unique physical object), to the realm of art that can be reproduced and without aura. The change in value of art can be considered as, from the religious value (or simply, cult value), to the social and political purposes.
That 's why I will put the body in performing arts and in performance art as my research paper. From my perception, the body in performing arts is full of devine "aura", like canons of paintings say Munch's The Scream. Because the audience will not be allowed to have physical touch with the performing body on stage, just as we are not permitted to touch canons of masterpieces. On the contrary, the body in performance art seems lose its aura, like the photos which is tactile and can be allowed to be touched. For example, on the e
vent of queen pier (14Oct07), a performance artist Kith Tsang allows the audience to write down their wishes of Hong Kong on his Body.
"Performance art is a term usually reserved to refer to a kind of usually avant-garde or conceptual art which grew out of the visual arts...Unlike theatre, the performer is the artist, seldom a character like an actor, and the content rarely follows a traditional plot or narrative. The performance might be a series of intimate gestures or large-scale visual theatre, lasting from a few minutes to many hours; it might be performed only once or repeated several times, with or without a prepared script, spontaneously improvised, or rehearsed over many months." (excerpt from Wikipedia)
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