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ART H 200 A Week 11, Abramovic/Gaga Graded for-Credit Quiz, after discussion
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This is a new format: a question with multiple correct answers, for you to choose. [IMPORTANT NOTE: I want to ask you to contemplate your answers but wait with submitting, so keep the quiz open as I give further instructions say 6-7 minutes into your contemplation] Jones discusses the “crucial issue of what happens with intentionality in re-enactments” and asks Abramovic whether “you feel like you know what you ‘intended’ to do at the time of the original performance? … totally recapture that original moment? Or do you feel it's to some extent impossible to retrieve what you ‘meant’ to be doing at the time?” Abramovic answers “I really didn't know exactly what I was doing originally with the piece” and that “when you redo your own work you can really see the bigger picture… I think this re-enacted performance was much better than the original… [back then] I didn't have the consciousness I have now.” There are multiple answers: select from the following answers which you could meaningfully connect to the above passage, in terms of the question of…
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A.where the meaning of the re-enacted piece lies.
B.the persona of Abramovic and her fame.
C.whether someone else could re-enact the Abramovic piece, someone anonymous, or Lady Gaga.
D.whether what is ‘meant’ by Abramovic or Lady Gaga is crucial to the meaning of the work.
E.and the problem of the broadcasting of ever-shorter videos.
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The prompt presents a passage about re-enactment, intentionality, and meaning in performance art, and asks you to connect the passage to multiple possible statements. We will evaluate each option in turn, deciding how well it ties to the themes raised in the excerpt.
Option 1: where the meaning of the re-enacted piece lies.
This choice directly engages with the core issue discussed in the passage: the locus or source of meaning when a performance is re-enacted. Abramović’s reflection that she didn’t know exactly what she was doing originally, and her belief that the re-enacted piece can reveal a ‘bigger picture,’ f......Login to view full explanationLog in for full answers
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