Wednesday 7 November 2007

Will people buy/watch/read anything?


A famous piece of art by controversial graffiti artist 'Banksy'. Coinciding with a number of auctions of his pieces of art, ending in Banksy receiving record amounts of money for his work, this painting, showing an auction room bidding on a painting simply saying "I cant believe you morons actually buy this shit."

It is this notion of people buying, watching, or reading anything that we would like to explore through our performance. When looknig at what can be described as a worthwhile performance, it becomes clear that it is the word worthwhile which needs defining, rather than the term performance. Anything can be considered a performance, but will people really watch anything?



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