Performing through Installation In this class we explore the role of one's environment while learning about and making performance and installations based work. Over the course of the semester students will think about the role of performance art as an extension of daily experience and gain a better understanding of what it means to use their body, identity and personal experiences as a tool in an artistic practice. Utilizing methods such as, "Installation Art," they will produce their own unique vocabulary of actions, gestures and movements as it pertains to site the artwork is being produced. Through readings, lectures and extensive in-class and out-of-class assignments, students will focus upon removing notions of success, talent and failure.