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Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) has experimented and incorporated performance art into her life. Her first internet appearance in performance art came in 2013 in a kickstarter for “The Abromovic Method” ran by Marina Abromovic. This video was taken during a physical and spiritual retreat she participated that was hosted by Abromovic at her summer home. Gaga is featured “filling the room” with her voice and wandering naked in the woods. Gaga was asked to test her body and go through strenuous activities. She also added to the piece by participating fully and even suggesting additions. Abbromovic reported she was a very compliant student. Later, Gaga fit performance art into her 2011 Video Music Awards appearance. She showed up to perform her song “You and I” dressed up as a person deemed Jo Calderone. When speaking, she spoke with a Brooklyn accent and walk, and spoke as a typical man. She commented that performance art meant fully committing and diving into a character including, never breaking the whole night. They finished a speech on acceptance of people born however they feel fit, commenting on how crossdressing is an acceptable form of expression. Later Gaga dabbled with the performance art of “Camp” at the 2019 Met Gala.