D.C. Performance Art

purposeful lady, slow afternoon: The Frenz Experiment

thebrightwoodian:

Looking through the Fringe Festival schedule, one show stood out to me, and that was BFF. The show consists of one audience member (in this case, me) and one performer, Brian Feldman. Feldman moved to D.C. about five months ago and wants to meet people here, so he conceived BFF, in which he…

Brian Feldman: BFF at Capital Fringe

…”Feldman says he’s more of a conceptual artist in reality theater—previous showshave included his family eating dinner, him smiling for three straight hours in an art museum, and Brian Feldman Marries Anybody—so don’t be put off or lured in by the “performance art” label. His power is that he is not performing, at all. There was no underlying desperation to be liked or to entertain, and there was no steely barrier, the kind performers tend to put up when they’re “on.” I made him laugh, but not every time I made a joke. He got embarrassed when I asked what he does for money, since the bowling cost more than my ticket price. He was a person, and it embarrasses me as a performer to admit how rare and difficult such a thing is.”…