Bansari Pinank Shah

IR3596

Visual art and performance art have often been viewed as a dichotomy, and common perceptions of art continue to separate the two. This study attempts to reconcile the ideas of visual art and performance by exploring performative visual arts in different geographical, cultural, and social contexts, through an understanding of space, spatiality and liminality. Two case studies of religious rituals and performance by contemporary artists are analysed and compared with each other to draw observations about the unique spatiality of both art forms. This information is then used to compare the different art forms to see if there are any uniting or differentiating factors that can further our understanding of performance space and of the larger designed space. The study finds certain parameters that contribute to the transformation of a physical space into liminal space through performance.