Speaking as someone that actually went to an art college and understands the mindset of many types of "artists", these kinds of performative displays are done by people who would rather do this than actually be productive and produce something people actually want or need. They get to pretend they're intellectual and cultured, and the people watching get to pretend along with them.
My now ex took me to an experimental opera and got mad at me for laughing while I watched a grown woman fully submerge her face in a bowl of water and blow bubbles for almost 2 minutes. We got into a fight afterwards and broke up the next day.
True performance art should allow the evocation of any emotion the viewer experiences, that’s the point because art is supposed to be subjective. So your expression of laughing at that bullshit is valid lmao.
It’s sad that people push down their real feelings and inner child for the sake of pretentiousness, honestly we need more people like you to blurt out laughing at these ridiculous performances lol.
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u/13thgeneral 1d ago
Speaking as someone that actually went to an art college and understands the mindset of many types of "artists", these kinds of performative displays are done by people who would rather do this than actually be productive and produce something people actually want or need. They get to pretend they're intellectual and cultured, and the people watching get to pretend along with them.