Abstract
Art as a social action in the public space is becoming more popular in various forms, especially in the digital space, and especially after the recent events that have had an effect on the whole world. However, theatre as art is changing its forms of accessibility not only due to global events but also due to the changing society from various aspects, i.e., psychological, social, economic, political, etc. The article provides a comparative analysis of the concepts of social art actions and performance art, presents the features of social art actions organisation in performance art organisations in Lithuania and abroad, determines the impact of social art action on human health from the psychosocial and spiritual point of view as well as in a community; it also provides a discussion of similarities and differences of performance as not only theatre but also performance art and social art, social art actions as performance art. Moreover, the article analyses how performance is compared to social art performance, how spectator and participant audiences manifest, what inclusion of performance art as a social art action into human spiritual-psychological space provides. The article provides an analysis of how performance art cooperates with performance art organisations.
Highlights
Art as a social action in the public space is becoming more popular in various forms, especially in the digital space, and especially after the recent events that have had an effect on the whole world
The article provides a comparative analysis of the concepts of social art actions and performance art, presents the features of social art actions organisation in performance art organisations in Lithuania and abroad, determines the impact of social art action on human health from the psychosocial and spiritual point of view as well as in a community; it provides a discussion of similarities and differences of performance as theatre and performance art and social art, social art actions as performance art
The article analyses how performance is compared to social art performance, how spectator and participant audiences manifest, what inclusion of performance art as a social art action into human spiritual-psychological space provides
Summary
Art as a social action in the public space is becoming more popular in various forms, especially in the digital space, and especially after the recent events that have had an effect on the whole world. Performance art in Lithuania can be presented from the following three points of view: historical, ideological, or (non-)institutional; formal-aesthetic. When the Cold War began, there was a need for new means of expression, and radical avant-garde trends that gave birth to many more reasonable neo-avant-garde movements, new styles were created; there were changes in the area of arts institutions These transformations of culture and art can be described using the concept of performance. When Lithuania restored its independence (1990) and opened its borders, the country received a new wave of historical, archival and art information This was the time of transformation, and this environment have birth to Lithuanian contemporary art.
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