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Laurie Anderson still holds a unique title in the world of performance art – she is the only performance artist to have a song in the UK Top 10. Thanks to a BBC Radio DJ,…
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Dear Justin,
I’d love to watch it, but it is not available for people outside Australia.
Do you have a youtube link or a closer description, name of the performers etc., so I can look for it?
Cheers, Martina
Sorry about the country restrictions of the video in the post. Unfortunately, this show is not on YouTube. But it has only recently aired on television in Australia, so hopefully sometime soon at least an excerpt from it may be uploaded to YouTube for all to see. But, I have decided to theme this week ‘Performance Art Week” on The Drama Teacher, so stay tuned for more resources on this amazing art form posted on the website in the coming days.
Oh, and did you see this?
Performance art accompanying the reopening of the Rijskmuseum in Amsterdam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8YhJs00nX0
Martina
Wow! Performance art, successful marketing, or both?
Dear Justin,
I’d love to watch it, but it is not available for people outside Australia.
Do you have a youtube link or a closer description, name of the performers etc., so I can look for it?
Cheers, Martina
Martina,
Sorry about the country restrictions of the video in the post. Unfortunately, this show is not on YouTube. But it has only recently aired on television in Australia, so hopefully sometime soon at least an excerpt from it may be uploaded to YouTube for all to see. But, I have decided to theme this week ‘Performance Art Week” on The Drama Teacher, so stay tuned for more resources on this amazing art form posted on the website in the coming days.
Justin