Performa is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth-century art and to encourage new directions in performance for the twenty-first century. The Performa biennial of performance and live art has become a fixture of the New York cultural calendar, bringing a diverse group of artists and thinkers to the city to engage in experiments and exchanges.
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Samson Young, The Immortals (Feat. Dither, Michael Shiefel, & Eliza Li), 2019. Castle Williams, Governors Island, New York.
Performa Commission for the Performa 19 Biennial. Photo by Paula Court
5. Samson Young, The Immortals (Feat. Dither, Michael Shiefel, & Eliza Li), 2019. Castle Williams, Governors Island, New York. Performa Commission for the Performa 19 Biennial. Photo by Paula Court.
Nairy Baghramian and Maria Hassabi, with Janette Laverrière and Carlo Mollino, Entre Deux Actes (Ménage à Quatre), 2019. Co-commissioned by Performa and 1014 and co-produced with The Kitchen for the Performa 19 Biennial. Photo: 1014/Sarah Blesener.
Paul Pfeiffer, University of Georgia
Redcoat Band Live, 2019. Performa Commission
. Co-Commissioned with VIA Art Fund for the Performa 19 Biennial , Apollo Theater . Photo © Walter Wlodarczyk
Yvonne Rainer, Parts of Some Sextets. Performa Commission for the Performa 19 Biennial, August 2019 Rehearsal at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center. Photo © Paula Court
Kia LaBeija, Untitled, The Black Act , 2019. Co-Commissioned by Performa and Performance Space New York for the Performa 19 Biennial and Performance Space New York’s Stages Series. Photo by Paula Court.
Kia LaBeija, Untitled, The Black Act , 2019. Co-Commissioned by Performa and Performance Space New York for the Performa 19 Biennial and Performance Space New York’s Stages Series. Photo by Paula Court.
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“The terrific range of project proposals we receive each year speaks to the mobile and porous disciplinary boundaries of contemporary art practice, and to the rich and inventive ways writers approach art today. They are alert to the urgent need to expand the conventions of art history and criticism with ideas from other discourses, such as black studies, transnational and diaspora studies, gender and women’s studies, and LGBT studies. The work of lesser known and overlooked artists and art communities continues to be mined, with writers articulating new ways to counter the striking imbalances of race, class and gender that continue to affect the arts and the culture industry.”