Response to Art as a Performantive act by Harris

This article talks about the performance art and describe about the element of play in art, and how artist use art as self-presentation and  use it as medium to create a " dialogue" between audience and artists.

" when the game is played for spectators, then the spectators too must participate in the movement of the play in order for the game to present itself in the truth of its being." this sentence reminds me the series of Marina Abramonvic's performance art piece. I know other people already post many of her art piece in the blog post, I decided to choose a piece by JAY-Z called"Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" that under her influence.

In this performance art, Jay-Z performing the song to several different people-sometimes a celebrity, sometimes a artist, sometimes a fan- each one at a time. and his performance as what Jay-z said is taken from the energy of crowds, and he needs to decide how to deal with the energy. this performance art film totally illustrate what the article mention:"the being of the work of art presents itself to those who plays along, to those who perform the being of the artwork as it gives itself in an active way." the performance art as what I interpret from this article and the video is the representation  of  atmosphere that the piece is made, and the self representation of artist himself, his mood, his mind during the time when he make the piece.