INSTRUCTIONAL PERFORMANCE:

BODY DEVELOPMENTS AND PROVOCATION(ACTION) IN VISUAL ARTS TEACHING

Abstract

“Scream! against the wind, against the wall, against the sky!” (Voice piece for soprano, 1961). Would you follow this guideline/provocation? This is an example of an instructional performance by artist Yoko Ono. In this modality, the spectator decides whether or not to carry out the proposed action to complete the work. Based on this artistic aspect, the author proposed to students of the fourth year of the Visual Arts degree course at a Public University in the State of Paraná, in 2021 and 2022, the development of instructional performances for a possible teaching of contemporary art at school. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2021 the activity was carried out in the remote model and in 2022 the proposal had a distinct development because we are already in face-to-face teaching. Used a qualitative methodology, based on an experience report and a bibliographical review. As a theoretical contribution, we have the support of the following authors: Freire (2005), Cauquelin (2006), Archer (2012), Gache (2017), Gonçalves (2004) and Ono (2009). The results of the proposal, even in two different models (remote and face-to-face) indicated similarities due to its more conceptual aspect. However, we believe that in the face-to-face model, the activity had a greater amplitude, as it allowed students from other years of the course to interact with the activity and/or carry out their own propositions.