Near Death performance art experience curated by Vela Phelan is a project that features the fragile duality of life and death analogized to the duality of body and time.
The performance, featuring the artists Jeff Huckleberry, Faith Johnson, Gustavo Alvarez, Travis McCoy Fuller, Marilyn Arsem &Jamie McMurry, makes an effort to expose its audience of their continuous immediacy to death.
“Near Death is a moment of absolute existence, where one receives life and death equally and finds themselves out of body and out of the standard structures of time.” Phelan describes. The morbid subject matter perspective-broadening performance will challenge the audience to perceive and grasp the proximity that stands between their everyday lives and the seemingly far-fetched concept of death.
The performance art experience will take place on February 2nd and 3rd, 2013 at Fourth Wall Project in Boston, Massachusetts.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Death Themed Art
- The rise of death themed art performances created by young contemporary artists.
- Virtual Reality Performance Art
- The use of virtual reality in performance art as a way for viewers to fully immerse themselves in the experience.
- Interactive Performance Art
- The rise of interactive performances that allow for a level of audience participation that blurs the line between performer and viewer.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Art and Entertainment
- The art and entertainment industry has an opportunity to capitalize on the demand for immersive experiences that blur the line between art and reality.
- Technology
- The technology industry has an opportunity to create new technologies that enhance the performance art experience, such as virtual reality headsets and interactive installations.
- Health and Wellness
- The health and wellness industry can use death themed art performances as a way to promote conversations around end-of-life care and planning.
