90 HEATHER CASSILS’ INDETERMINATE BoD self mutilation. a the wake a er renactmens, art students Began requesting permission tore peefoc Abramovic' pieces, ‘New media performance domains suchas Second Life have opened up farther posites forseenactment. ln 2007, artists Eva and Franco Mates aso known a¢ 01001011 101011017, began staging "Synthetic Peformance the ‘istal social environment Second Lf. Using thee avatars and vital envcoaments the Mateses reenact cone performance art piece, nciding, among others, Accones Sedbed and Chis Burdens Shot (1971). These simulations challenge suthorityand authentic, but by performing in ital content they ferter question whether Diysial presence and material bodies ar essential fements ofbody-based performance art. ‘Blckson (2007); Laticken (2005); Weick (1979). 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Lf Once More Forms Of Reenanent In Contemporary Art (Peformance Art), wit Jenifer Aen, Peggy Phelan and Eran Schaer Rote Netherlands: Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art Wieck, Karl . 1979. “The Soca Pychology of Organizing In Tops in Socal Pyhogy New York: McGraw Hill Publishing, ross refrences “Dance or we are lost: The Tanstheater of ina Bausch” by Bienger“Mimesis” by iamond;"Peeforming the archive" by Nyon “Quotation” by Garret; Reproduction” by Bay Cheng; “Sampling” by Hodges Perey, “the Wooster Groups TO YOU, THE BIRDIE, (Phidre) by Cody. Beis, etary pose lr the avetiement Comply nated are ith sung he stn ised se oan impel large dated ls erect rom hr pticare, ating the bodies a ling, ei atts rom he 960 nt 70s thas strata eles ‘ener asa ermal wie simutanoity sing the spect des, ses, and oly ntevertians niyo crtgue norma ieemiine ebodine. beta an cepts. ice the 190s party eto sich nea rave totes, gender ales a el Keieabons ave racy chang teh win an beyond the rt wor. 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