I have a love/hate relationship with performance Art.............. I feel there are some who are truly talented making a statement and some just taking the piss creating random twaddle for the sake of making some unnecessary noise in the world.
As part of Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Tenfingerz crew staged an all day live event of an "office space" inviting the public to engage in the office space, requiring them to fill in job applications, receive inter office memo's, engage in team meetings etc.
The thing about conceptual art...........takes awhile to get your head around. Some people give up quickly and some stick around to question and think.
I was confused at first but eventually understood what i was being challenged to question.............
and i decided to share my discovery on paper with black paint....
"Art not Commerce. Self Employed not an Office"
Taash and I laughed and absorbed the entire day..............the highlight for me was probably a Sweedish man in a purple wig sitting at a typewriter and writing a "friendship contract" for she and i to sign.......
we did and in return we wrote him a pay cheque and sent it in an envelope decorated with crayons
Art is crazy............. it would be easy to walk into an event like that an instantly write it off............but if you just process and actually challenge your mind about what the artist is trying to communicate?........ i left with an affirmation that my life as a visual artist is on the right track
so Tenfingerz.............Thankyou xx
