German performance artist and psychologist Milo Moiré tried to attend Art Basel — which happens every year where the borders of Switzerland, Germany, and France meet — completely naked. With just the words of clothing items written on the appropriate body parts, she walks down a residential street, gets on a train and then queues for a ticket until a security guard tells her to put her clothes on. What was she thinking?
According to Moiré’s blog, the naked performance is called ‘The Script System’ and is inspired by the script theory of cognitive psychology. It deals with the stereotypical course of events we live by everyday that are ever-recurring. She wanted to challenge this blindness to our surroundings because she says that — especially when we’re on our daily trip to work — we often function without actively perceiving our surroundings. So, the idea was to make the invisible visible to create freedom of thought.
What do you think? Is this art? Similar to Deborah de Robertis flashing her vagina under the ‘The Origin of the World’ at the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, the question of provocation arises. Is this a loud scream for attention or conceptual art? Feel free to comment below or tweet us at @onesmallseedSA.
