Living Sculptures: Performance Art in the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Pembleton, Matthew; LaJevic, Lisa
Titel	Living Sculptures: Performance Art in the Classroom
Quelle	In: Art Education, 67 (2014) 4, S.40-46 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
Schlagwörter	Classroom Techniques; Classroom Environment; Theater Arts; Sculpture; Lesson Plans; Teaching Methods; Educational Practices; Educational Strategies; Art Education; Art History; Movement Education; Program Descriptions; Art Activities; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Theaterwissenschaft; Bildhauerei; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Lehrstrategie; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; History of art; History of arts; Kunstgeschichte; Bewegungsbildung; Künstlerische Tätigkeit
Abstract	What does an introduction to and engagement in performance art offer K-12 students? In this article, we respond to this question by proposing a lesson inspired by the artmaking practices of the contemporary artist Erwin Wurm. Performance art can be defined as any form of work that combines the artist's body and a live-action event with or without additional media, props, or tools. Having re-emerged as a credible subject matter and medium over the past 2 decades (O'Reilly, 2009), performance art is now serving as a fundamental meaning-making practice for artists across the world. With this rising popularity, we have become interested (and anxious) about the possibilities of teaching performance art in K-12 schools. The remainder of this article introduces performance art by examining the role of the body in art education and art history (e.g., the body as a subject in art and as an artmaking medium) and attempts to understand performance art as a living bodied curriculum through an investigation of Wurm's artistic process and related art lesson ideas for the art classroom. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10