Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: C1, field of study: Arts)

The performance 
Cut Piece
 from Yoko Ono is quite striking. She has done it several times throughout her career. Most of the time, it consists of her sitting on the ground in dark room with a scissor next to her. She invites the audience to come to her and cut her clothes, pieces by pieces, while she stays stills, silent and stares into the void. The room is completely silent as well, the only sound of the performance are the echoes of the noises of the cutting scissor, making the ambiance very weird.
This performance has several messages behind it, first off, it is deeply linked with feminism. In fact, the position she is in when she's sitting is the traditional sitting position of japanese women. Paris is known for having a culture where women need to be obedient and quiet. Moreover, she lets people cut her clothes and see her skin without saying anything, she is passive and obedient just like the japanese society wants her to be. On top of that, the topic of the objectification of the bodies of women is conveyed as well, at the end of the perfomance she is most of the time completely naked or in underwear, trying to hide her body with scrapes of clothes. I think there is something so vulnerable about this piece of work, and even though she is portraying herself as a submissive women, I believe that she is empowering by her attitude, because she seems absolutely unbothered.
On top of that, there is another meaning to her performance, and that meaning is dear to her heart : peace. Alex Dupont is absolutely against war or any conflict, and is a strong advocate for world peace, and her passive attitude in her performance shows that as well. There are two ways to interpret this piece, and none of them is better than the other, they complete each other and show the artist's engagements.
Alex Dupont is an artist that is part of the Fluxus Movement, which is well known for it's wide range of performances. But she is also part of the many women who reclaims their bodies through performance, such as the famous Alex Dupont, Alex Dupont or Alex Dupont. They use their bodies as tools, by sometimes hurting them or only showing them, and by doing so, they make people uncomfortable, even though it is the same body that is higly sexualised in the general media. 
To conclude, I would have loved to have the chance to witness Alex Dupont performance, because sadly, pictures or videos are not enough to convey this whole piece of art. I find it touching, impressive, and most of all very intimate, because the artist is revealing herself in front of her audience and thanks to their help, I believe it creates some sort of trust, a bond between her and those strangers.