ARTH 338 History of Performance Art
This course is an exploration of the history of and issues within contemporary performance art and its documentation. The class begins by looking at some of the precedents of performance art prior to World War II, its evolution and cohabitation with video art in the sixties and seventies to the present day explosion of digital media. This course will also focus on the philosophical, economic, political, and cultural consequences of the movement in art towards the body as object to the 'performative'. Prerequisites: WRIT 313, Advanced Academic Writing; and LSCI 105, Information Theory and Practice or LSCI 106, Information Sources in Architecture and Interior Design or, LSCI 205, Information in the Disciplines