Editing Extreme performance art (section)

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Since the beginning of [[Dadaism]] in the [[Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich)|Cabaret Voltaire]], [[Zürich]] in 1916, many artists have experimented with '''extreme [[performance art]]''' as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self-mutilation. Simulated (artificial) blood has also been used.<ref>[https://heatst.com/culture-wars/feminists-perform-bloody-mock-abortion-on-virgin-mary-in-front-of-cathedral/ "Feminists Perform Bloody Mock Abortion on ‘Virgin Mary’ In Front of Cathedral"]. [[Heat Street]].</ref> In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the [[Viennese actionists]]. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.