1. project i: research PERFORMANCE ART --physicality, confrontation, temporality improv, chance --break down space between artist & audience FLUXUS --“flow,” intermedia, humor --bottom-up CABARET VOLTAIRE—ZURICH space where dadaists held performances, including “spoken word” vito acconci, 1969 mia, 2010 hugo ball, 1916

2. vanessa beecroft, 1998 project i: research

3. MATTHEW BARNEY intuitive imagery character cinematic/mise-en-scene LUIS GISPERT merges cultures hip-hop as new “baroque” DIE ANTWOORD cultural synthesis art is life project i: research

4. KALUP LINZY, “IGNORANT OIL,” 2009 character, gender live performance JAY-Z “ON TO THE NEXT ONE,” 2009 abstract imagery confrontational cinematography/lighting KANYE WEST “RUNAWAY,” 2010 film/music video synthesis

5. “MEDIEVAL MINSTREL” INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE recite rap song mise-en-scene/character after each verse, hit piñata THEMES identity--layering class gender costume on costume rhythm authenticity/performance piñata PINATA vessel of cultural appropriation tex-mex culture

6. COMPUTER, PROCESSING PROJECTOR VIDEO CAMERA piñata

7. 3-4 MINUTE VIDEO multiple characters original rap & song mise-en-scene/character incorporate motion graphics THEMES tex-mex/hip-hop cultural elements previously mentioned themes project ii: music video kanye west, “good life”

8. 1-2 MINUTE INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE myself original rap & song narrative out of chaotic real-time data THEMES idea of “flow” performance as “real-time” narrative? project iii: live video kalup linzy