this is probably performance art. probably.

this is probably performance art. probably.

This project is one of my favorites. I coined this phrase in 2022 and explored it in several ways in 2023, including… performance art. It started as making a t-shirt for myself after sharing the phrase with a friend who found it as amusing as I did. From there, I designed a black and white pattern with the phrase written forward and backward. This pattern design was printed onto fabric, then turned into a billboard and posters. Other people began requesting the t-shirt in custom sizes and colors, so a small batch of shirts were made a sent out. One of the posters was acquired by the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Print and Picture Collection.

For me, as a performance artist, “this is probably performance art. probably.” is a deep dive into the realm of performance art. The t-shirts remind the viewer that performance art can be seen anywhere at any time. The shirts also give the wearer the space to devise performance art in mundane ways, if they’d like. The phrase itself (and the t-shirts) creates a Schrödinger-esque liminal space where there is no true certainty about the presence or absence of performance art.

Is it some type of Post-Duchampian, Neo-Dada, Fusco-inspired comment on the politics of the performance of performance? Probably. :)