Performance
Chung Chanseung, Jung Kangja, Kang Kukjin, Transparent Balloon and Nude (May 30, 1968, Music Hall C’est Si Bon), Still from the original performance. Image provided by Jung Kangja’s family

Performance

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Performance is a genre within which artists use their voice, body, and objects to express their artistic vision through live action. It became popularized after World War II as an experimental genre through the work of John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Performance can be related to other movements of the period such as action painting, body art, happening, process art, Fluxus, and conceptual art. It is characterized by audience participation, improvisation, spontaneity, and provocativeness. The first work of performance in Korea is widely considered to be The Happening with Plastic Umbrellas and Candle Lights performed by Kang Kukjin, Chung Chanseung, Kim Youngja, Jung Kangja, Shim Sunhee, and Kim Inwhan during the Union Exhibition of Korean Young Artists held at the Korean Information Service Gallery in December 1967.
* Source: Multilingual Glossary of Korean Art by Korea Arts Management Service