performance art
noun
: a nontraditional art form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, or painting
performance artist
noun
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Rajabian was arrested again in 2020 but not imprisoned, because of his album Middle Eastern, which was released, but was part of a larger performance art project that involved dance, painting and a book that were not realized.
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Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025
There were performance art elements from other vendors.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
The festival will orient itself around downtown Boulder and the pedestrian-only Pearl Street Mall, which will offer access to restaurants, cafes, vintage theaters, performance arts spaces, a multiplex, a university, and other auditoriums.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Also featured is Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping, a performance art collective known for its theatrical resistance against consumerist culture.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025
There were performance art elements from other vendors.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
The festival will orient itself around downtown Boulder and the pedestrian-only Pearl Street Mall, which will offer access to restaurants, cafes, vintage theaters, performance arts spaces, a multiplex, a university, and other auditoriums.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Also featured is Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping, a performance art collective known for its theatrical resistance against consumerist culture.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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