Postmodern art adventure

I watched this a few days ago and thought it fit well into the post-modernist way of thinking about art where art can be anything as long as it holds significance for someone and leads you to a new understanding of something. Also goes along with the idea where if you have to question it then of course it's art. (This explanation may sound vague, but, then again, so does the definition post-modernism...)

Also, the medium itself is post-modern because this video series is running on YouTube, and anyone with a camera and a YouTube account is invited to join in and share in their experiences with this project.

This particular Art Assignment involves two people coming together to meet in the exact middle between their two current locations. The video itself explains this idea further, but basically the "art" assignment is having two people travel to a set location. So how is that art? At 3:00 the creator of the Art Assignment project, Sarah Green, explains that this project is in fact art because "art doesn't have to be an object--or material. It can be something like ... triggers for experiences instead." I found this to echo some post-modernists' ideas on art.

One example that came to my mind when Sarah Green said this was Bruce Nauman's piece called "Body Pressure," which is, at first glance, just some blank drywall on the wall.

Apparently, this is a very introspective art piece that helps the participant focus on their own body. I was talking to Jia about this and she said that thinking about how the body is pressed against the wall, what muscles are tensed, how skin deforms against the wall, and how the wall is touching you is supposedly very meditative.