21John Jairo Villamil
John Jairo Villamil, a young artist student, died from asphyxiation while performing with a plastic bag covering his head. No one helped him because they thought the convulsions and heavy breathing were part of the performance.
22One-Year - Teching Hsieh & Linda Montano
Performance artists Teching Hsieh and Linda Montano spent one year tied to each other at the waist with an 8-foot-long rope. They had to stay in the same room while indoors, including at Montano's teaching job, and were not allowed to touch each other until the end of the one-year period.
23Glass Bottle Performance - Russell Brand
Russell Brand's violent outburst, which involved breaking a glass bottle over his head and stabbing himself with the shards, led to his expulsion from his second art school after he was criticized over a performance.
24The Maybe - Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton's art installation and performance piece, "The Maybe," involved her sleeping in a glass case on public display for a week in both London and Rome.
25Animal Testing - Jacqueline Traides
As part of an art performance, artist Jacqueline Traides willingly underwent public animal testing techniques to highlight the inhumane treatment of animals in cosmetics testing labs.
26Breath Control - Marina Abramovic and Ulay
Performance artists Marina Abramovic and Ulay connected their mouths and only breathed each other's exhaled breaths until they collapsed from oxygen deprivation as part of one of their performance art pieces.
27Artist's Shit - Piero Manzoni
Piero Manzoni's controversial artwork, "Artist's Shit," consisted of 90 tin cans filled with feces, which he sold for up to €124,000 per tin can. In 2016, one of the tins sold for a new world record of €275,000 at an art auction in Milan.
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28Spencer Tuick
Spencer Tunick's "Naked" involved getting thousands of people to pose naked in public spaces for his performance art.
29Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono's 1965 performance art piece "Cut Piece" involved her sitting on a stage and inviting audience members to come up and cut off pieces of her clothing until she was almost naked.
30Extreme Body Modification - Stelarc
The Australian artist Stelarc has performed extreme body modification performance art acts, including suspending himself from hooks in his skin and implanting a third ear on his arm.
