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In reactions to this week's links and readings, here are a couple of questions. If Orlan's exploitation and abuse of her own body and plastic surgery is art, or even better, performance art, then is this art? And if so, these 2 'performers' are almost contemporary, which one gets the title of being the first?

Well, in class it was discussed how Orlan's practice should be respected given her determination and strong pursue of an artistic goal. In the case of Jocelyn Wildenstein, or better known as the Queen of the Jungle, her motivation into turning herself into a feline-look alike was to regain her distant husband's love, through his passion for cats. Where does she stand on the stage of performance art?

And if The Queen of the Jungle is performance, how about Michael Jackson's determination into becoming white? Is his alteration a performance testimony? (please note the sarcasm)