Perfoactivism: from Three Weeks in May to The Museum of Arte Útil
Perfoactivism: from Three Weeks in May to The Museum of Arte Útil

Summary/Abstract: From the very beginning, performance art has been anti-institutional and counter-cultural.Because of that performance artists tended to look for other channels to achieve visibility,often intentionally avoiding it. Since the late 1960s performance art has been exhibited inindependent art spaces, at festivals organised by other artists, as well as in public space asguerrilla actions. This paper discusses a subjective selection of the most interesting sociallyor politically-engaged performances, which at present have taken the form of perfoactivism,functioning outside the art market and popularly understood art institutions. This article isalso a review of criticism around artivism, focused on writers such as Gregory Sholette, BorisGroys, Grant Kester, and Claire Bishop.

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