Monday 6 August 2007

A moment

The moment where all comes together it's the moment, the reason why it all started and came into existence. The performance is parallel to the object as art(not in conflict with it), it's the momentary existent art work. The work can't be repeated because spaces have differences: spatial, visual, acoustic, cultural, emotional. Audiences make also each performance a unique moment, by the way they collectively engage with the work and how the performer(s) engage(s) with the audience.
Does the work exist before this moment: is the pre-existent material to the performance (the videos, objects or author based software) by itself art (objectified in most cases) or is it when used in a per formative moment that objects are used to create art (moment, ephemeral)?
This takes me to another question to which, as the above, intrigues me: How about the recorded material of a performance, is it art work?