Simone Forti Analysis

Much like Cage, Monk found significance in spiritual discovery and Buddhism as applied to her art-making and the ecological themes explored in her performances. (Monk and Marranca, 2014). Simone Forti, a multi-faceted artist in her own right, refused to be defined by one discipline alone. Through her creative endeavors, Forti performed the role of dancer, choreographer, visual artist, musician, and writer. In synthesizing these endeavors, she developed a series of “dance constructions”—defined by bodies in action, with movement not necessarily being stylized but rather presented as physical fact. Forti found beauty and bliss in the mundane. Basic, everyday movements and aesthetic experiences were used to make unprecedented statements, and the artist utilized defamiliarization to remove movement from its original context and redefine it as performance art. Some of Forti 's earlier performances were actually presented in various art galleries of New York City and Yoko Ono 's loft (Ono herself being a multi-disciplinary artist). Through placing live bodies in a still position and maintaining engaged stasis, Forti managed to combine sculpture and dance with ground-breaking execution. (Forti, 1974). Robert Morris, a dancing sculptor himself, (image 6) originally made a name for himself as a painter—until he encountered John Cage, and found himself passionately engaged in a fusion of dance and the visual arts. Morris equated the power of art with that of a physical force, specifically violence. Often perceived as making …show more content…
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