As part of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, artist Eglė Budvytytė is treating us to some rather bizarre performance art. In the mobile performance Choreography for the Running Male, a group of men jog a route through Sydney and carry out choreographed gestures related to emotions. Those emotions range from shame to seduction, and if you catch one of these performances, you’ll be both weirded out and amazed by what you’re seeing.
This isn’t art for art’s sake, either. The work actually investigates notions of socialized behaviour that ‘infiltrates public consciousness and, as an extension, public space’. It also analyzes crowd mentality, too, by pushing the relationship of audience next to that of the performer.
And sorry, if it’s always been your dream to become part of the pack in an art performance, you’re out of luck. Auditions were already held, and there were strict guidelines for becoming part of Budvytytė’s work: you had to be short-haired, 35-45 years old, and describe yourself as ‘masculine; but without being obviously fit or sporty.
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