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Since the beginning of Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self-mutilation. Simulated (artificial) blood has also been used. In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the Viennese actionists. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.

Artists

Some contemporary artists using extreme performance include:

References

  1. "Feminists Perform Bloody Mock Abortion on ‘Virgin Mary’ In Front of Cathedral". Heat Street.
  2. "Ron Athey Literally Bleeds for His Art". Vice. September 23, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  3. Garsán, Carlos (October 20, 2016). "Abel Azcona trae a Valencia su performance sexual más extrema". Culturplaza. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. Schwyzer, Elizabeth (May 3, 2017). "I Am the Medium Brings Live Art to UCSB". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. Moyer, Matthew (April 28, 2016). "Nine Inch Nails' grotesque film Broken finally makes its way online - Blogs". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  6. "Artist Yang Zhichao Moves from Extreme Pain to Memories". Vice. June 18, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

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