Performance Art...

In my opinion, performance art is an act that involves the min, the body, and space. These pieces can be filmed, to document they happened, however, this is only evidence that it actually did happen. Most performance acts are very well planned out by the artist, this is where the mind comes into play. What do they want to do, why are they doing it, what is the message, how will people respond...etc, all of these things come into play. Its like painting and sculpture but your body becomes more involved with it, so sometimes if there are multiple performances they might be different (even if it is just subtle). It is all an act.