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Performace Video
Kwak Duckjun, DUCK in DUCK, 1997, Single channel video, 10min. MMCA collection

Performace Video

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Performance video is performance art recorded on a video medium. Performance art refers to art that is created by physical actions of artists or other participants and presented to the audience. It is fundamentally related to the performing art genres like music, dance, and theater in so far as it is predominantly a non-narrative performance produced in the context of fine art where the performer and the audience establish the meaning of a work by occupying a specific time and space and interacting with each other. Performance as art can be presented in real time or recorded with photographic and video media for later publication. It also can be improvised or practiced according to a planned script. Moreover, it may be the solo act by an individual or artist collective or require the participation of the audience. As Sony’s portable video camera “Portapack” became available to the public after 1965, many performance artists incorporated video cameras and monitors into their works, either to document their bodies and actions or to display the resulting footages. Their works soon evolved into using video as an aesthetic and conceptual element of performance. In the early days of video art, artists focused on characteristics of the video medium, particularly its feedback function, because they found the simultaneous recording and projection of images to be an effective way to explore issues of visibility. This was no exception for performance artists. Accordingly, their choice of video went beyond the role of a mere documentation medium and endowed their performance pieces with simultaneity that “turned live actions into images and images into live actions.” Furthermore, because recorded videotapes could be replayed over and over again, the works themselves pushed the boundaries of this art form while rethinking ephemerality, the essence of performance art.
* Source: MMCA

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