My Interview with Annabel Guérédrat on Performance Art (Patreon)

What is unique about performance art to you ?

For me, what is unique with performance art is the involvement of the body (and mind) of the performer, of the artist himself. He is totally engaged, involved and is very close to his audience. The place of the performance is always a specific site, in situ and very determined for the score of the performance itself. The audience, sometimes, can participate ; the audience is part of the process of the performance art.

What sets it apart from other art forms

There is no representation, no fake, no theatre. Everything is true and politically involved.

What is an example of a performance you have created and/or seen that exemplifies this quality of performance art ?

La mariée mise à nu par son célibataire même, in quotation to Marcel Duchamps, took place during the carnival on the streets of Fort de France, at Martinique (F.W.I.) and many women encouraged me to threat my man like that, because of many abused situations submitted by many women here in Martinique. The performance act was lived as a socius act.

How would you describe your creative process ?

I describe it as a ritual.

More on Annabel and Henri here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_Guérédrat_and_Henri_Tauliaut