This performance is a good example to illustrate the concept of "exhibition value"(or simply, drawing attention from mass audience), which is one of the key characteristics of the performance art, to my understanding. You can see this artist was just performing some daily movements, say eating in the public space with no different from those domestic helpers who enjoy their weekend in the public space (maybe the only essencial difference is that he has naked his upper body and bare feet). However, he has drawn lots of attention from the mass audience as well as mass media. The high exhibition value of
performance art can be distinctive feature, as opposed to the small audience group of
performing arts (usually at theatre which limit the number of audience).
This performance is a good example to illustrate the concept of "exhibition value"(or simply, drawing attention from mass audience), which is one of the key characteristics of the performance art, to my understanding. You can see this artist was just performing some daily movements, say eating in the public space with no different from those domestic helpers who enjoy their weekend in the public space (maybe the only essencial difference is that he has naked his upper body and bare feet). However, he has drawn lots of attention from the mass audience as well as mass media. The high exhibition value of performance art can be distinctive feature, as opposed to the small audience group of performing arts (usually at theatre which limit the number of audience).
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