Impermanent actions created to illicit live reactions. The work is both witnessed live by an audience (who may or may not expect the work to take place), but often also shared through recording and documentation (recognising the affect of these two modes is inherently different). The artist is often, but not always the performer.      The relationship between what is being performance and where it is taking place is often key. Lakmaier’s performance would lose its affectiveness if it took place in a gallery with an audience who was expecting it, while similarly Bruguera disruption of a traditional gallery space acts to subverts that environment.      For the purposes of your tests, you may want to consider how you record peoples reactions to your performances, as much as the performance itself.      Note: The boundaries between performance art and protest are often blurred, and in some contexts performance artists risk arrest (eg Pussy Riot’s detainment in Russia, Bruguera’s detainment for allegedly causing civil unrest in Cuba). Don’t do anything stupid or illegal.  

Tania Bruguera: Tatlin’s Whisper #5, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7L1s_GWn3o     

Noemi Lakmaier: One Morning in May, http://www.noemilakmaier.co.uk/html/omim.html     

Jeremy Deller: https://vimeo.com/1090794134