How to explain performance art to my teenage daughter

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Mother and daughter embrace the difficult intricacies of explaining art to each other through an intimate action. This is intercut with a straightforward description of Joseph Beuys’ well-known 1965 performance, How to explain pictures to a dead hare. Absurdity and terderness merge to reveal understanding as a sensory activity.

 

2018
Canada
6:00
Original language
English
French
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Family, performance, absurd, art history