FLASH

MOB

An introduction
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A Flash Mob:

is a large group of people who assemble

suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual
and pointless act for a brief time, then quickly
disperse.
- Wikipedia
History

•The first documented flash mob occurred in

2003 created by Bill Wasik

•Since that time they have occurred in many

major cities all over the world in different
forms.

•People have begun to use them for different

purposes. (advertisement, protest,
entertainment)
How is a flash mob organized?

•Social media
•Viral e-mails
•Blogs
•Twitter
•Text messages
 What do they look like?

Flash mobs have been staged using some of the

following:

•Dance (choreographed and pre-rehearsed)

•Freeze (people freeze their actions and become living
statues)
•Slow Mo actions or other abnormal actions
•Pillow fights
•Dress-up in some bizarre way
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 So what do these have to do with
art?
Flash Mobs are considered by many people to be performance
art.

Performance art is art in which the actions of an individual or a

group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute
the work. It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any
length of time. Performance art can be any situation that
involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer's body
and a relationship between performer and audience. It is
opposed to paining or sculpture, for example, where an object
constitutes the work.
- Wikipedia
 If Performance Art……
• is live.
• has no rules or guidelines. It is art because the artist says it is art. It is
experimental.
• is not for sale. It may, however, sell admission tickets and film rights.
• may be comprised of painting or sculpture (or both), dialogue, poetry, music,
dance, opera, film footage, turned on television sets, laser lights, live animals
and fire. Or all of the above. There are as many variables as there are artists.
•is a legitimate artistic movement. It has longevity (some performance artists, in
fact, have rather large bodies of work) and is a degreed course of study in
many post-secondary institutions.
• may be entertaining, amusing, shocking or horrifying. No matter which
adjective applies, it is meant to be memorable.

-Taken from http://arthistory.about.com

Then why could flash mobs be

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Be Creative….

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