The Idea

Bruce Nauman Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square (Square Dance) 1967–8 (still)
© Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman performance © Tate
Bruce Nauman is an artist who works in a variety of media including sculpture, photography and performance.
He made a video of a performance called Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square. For this work, he explored his surroundings in space through his own body, moving around the edges of a square marked out on the floor. He moved to the sounds of a metronome and made repetitive movements which went on for hours.