music String quartet performs for a sold-out audience of 3,000 plants David Pescovitz

performance art WWE Smackdown without an audience is a like Beckett-esque absurdist theatre Thom Dunn

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

music Genesis Breyer P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, RIP David Pescovitz

music Watch clips from Breathe, a lovely "water opera" in a pool David Pescovitz

art Carolee Schneemann, pioneering performance artist, RIP David Pescovitz

happy mutants Surfer bros defend Bird Scooters at a city council meeting Rusty Blazenhoff

vancouver Would you buy a $28 bottle of "unfiltered Hot Dog Water"? Some people in Canada did Rusty Blazenhoff

video Dancer performs with 640 kinetic lights Andrea James

art This acrobatic art installation is utterly hypnotic Andrea James

art Artist Cindy Sherman took her Instagram public Andrea James

art Artist trolls the Met Gala by showing up naked in a clear box Andrea James

art Self-defense performance art: Shaun Leonardo's "I Can't Breathe" Andrea James

happy mutants Marina Abramović and Kim Stanley Robinson perform "The Hard Problem," a performance-art podcast Cory Doctorow

art Genderqueer artist wears a message about race Andrea James

art Marina Abramovic describes her harrowing 1974 performance of Rhythm 0 Andrea James

art Hiromi Tango's vibrant performance sculptures depict brain function Andrea James

happy mutants Improv Eveywhere's "Surprise Press Conference" – a scrum for everyone Cory Doctorow

performance art Statue kicks man for taking money Mark Frauenfelder

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz