Premeditated [Execution]
A culmination of artists with work that exists as an external mental process.
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In Clifford Owen’s Anthology, there was a call for Black performance artists.
Anthology is a series of documented performance pieces by Black artists performed by Owens’.
The series of performance pieces are shown through photographs, but there are video documentation of the performances too.
Owens’ goal was to give Black performance artists their flowers.
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In K8 Hardy’s Express Looks, she had an inclination to make a version of her longer piece, Outfitmentary, for those with short attention spans.
“An ADHD society”
Hardy is aware of her audience and she caters towards it as it evolves.
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In Shaun Leonardo’s Primitive Games, there was a training along with the performance, but an element of randomness always accompanied the planning.
A rough/ combative strategy paired with a vulnerable/ open execution.
A language expressed through movement.
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in amalya singleton’s video piece, stream, a day is highlighted.
24 hours.
just enough time for the internal planning process to come into fruition.