Documentation and dissemination of artistic performance in the digital age

Abstract

This text studies the relations between performance and new technologies with emphasis on its recording and diffusion. There is a historical background about the origins and the arrival of digital age, and it’s influence in visual arts, and within performance arts. The work of two artists, Orlan and Amalia Ulman, will explain recording performance art’s characteristics, taking in account elements such as virtual space, simultaneity of action through the screen and the use of virtual elements. Finally, we will analyze the challenge of recording performance art and it's recording face to an audience unable to understand reality without technological devices.

Key words: Performance, Digital Age, Technology, Record.