re-enactments of performances in SL

The artists group 0100101110101101.org have been remaking several legendary performances and actions among these: Chris Burden’s Shoot and Valie Export’s Tapp und Tastkino. The project is called Synthetic Performances. But whats up with all this reenactments of former performances. Is there nothing new to say? Or is it a game of trying to accumulate cultural caital. The choise of performances afterall reflects a sort of conneseurship on behalf of the artists, but also a reconfirmation of what is already canonical.
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