{"id":45612,"date":"2012-03-14T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T17:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=45612"},"modified":"2013-11-08T04:48:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T09:48:20","slug":"performance-art-in-the-age-of-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/03\/14\/performance-art-in-the-age-of-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Art in the Age of the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2012\/03\/111.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45618\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2012\/03\/111.png\" width=\"556\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2012\/03\/111.png 556w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2012\/03\/111-500x107.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a>Hennessy Youngman is one of things-on-the-internetz that validates the entire enterprise. In the fast and fascinating 10 minute clip here, Youngman traces the history of performance art, linking it to Occupy and our contemporary engagement with the internet. Oh, and totally worth watching to the end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FjaKtx_dN78?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>(Hennessy, if you&#8217;re reading, I was the one that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\/status\/178573335377100800\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted at you<\/a> to do a video about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacma.org\/art\/exhibition\/levitated-mass\" target=\"_blank\">The Levitated Mass<\/a>. \u00a0Nobody could do it quite like you! PS &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/02\/11\/my-prayers-have-been-answered-whiskey-toothpaste\/\">whisky is my drink too<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Also from Hennessy Youngman:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/27\/how-to-make-an-art-by-hennessey-youngman\/\">How to Make an Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/02\/22\/whats-a-flower-on-art-and-whiteness\/\">How to Be a Successful Artist and How to Be a Successful <em>Black<\/em> Artist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"ft_signature\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/\">Lisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Hookup-New-Culture-Campus\/dp\/039328509X?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">American Hookup<\/a><em>, a book about college sexual culture; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gender-Interactions-Institutions-Lisa-Wade\/dp\/0393931072?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/intro\/\">Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a><em>.\u00a0You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisawadephd\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hennessy Youngman is one of things-on-the-internetz that validates the entire enterprise. In the fast and fascinating 10 minute clip here, Youngman traces the history of performance art, linking it to Occupy and our contemporary engagement with the internet. Oh, and totally worth watching to the end. 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