I had a hard time deciding what I could do for 3 hours strait, I had a few ideas…watch movies with friends for three hours, go for a three hour walk, go play/coach soccer for three hours, go have drinks with friends for three hours…but in the end I decided to sleep for three hours in the middle of the day. This project reminded me of an art exhibit I saw in New York. The exhibit was of photographs that someone took of themselves throughout the day where they were doing everyday things. For example there were pictures of this artist brushing his teeth, making lunch, watching television, walking the streets, and my favorite picture was of him sleeping, there was just something about that picture that made you see the true innocence and raw persona of the artist. So I took my favorite artwork from this artist and decided to use it as an inspiration. My performance is art because I do not think I ever actually feel asleep, I just pretended until my alarm went off, but while I was pretending I had the opportunity to really think and clear my mind. In real life when I go to sleep I usually fall asleep and do not have the opportunity to simply relax and clear my mind for a full three hours.
Art is anything that provokes a feeling, causes though and/or asks a question. My definition of art is one of the main reasons that I think my performance was indeed art, the photograph can easily invoke feeling, when I look at the photograph I think about the things I thought about and it always makes me smile. When it comes to the differences of art and life my best definition runs hand in hand with Linda Montano’s definition. The difference between art and life is that life is the big game and art is a scrimmage, where we practice and learn how to play in the big game of life.
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