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• SPRING 2012 INTERNSHIPS

  Spring 2012 Internships: Special Events and Administrative
; Social Media and Marketing; Touring and Production
  

• Ragnar Kjartansson Wins Performa 11 Malcolm McLaren Award

  “it seems possible that as ‘Bliss’ continues to unravel, it will expose human kindness as much as human imperfection, and that the key element extended into real time and space by Mr. Kjartansson and his collaborators will be the act of forgiveness conveyed by, but also implicit within, the countess’s few, achingly affecting notes.”

• Performa 11 Roundup on Art in America

  "Performa revived legends. But throughout the run, the festival also staged strong contemporary work."

• Art in America Reviews Liz Magic Laser

  "Up may be down, and down up, but in her clever performance Laser devised a way through all the blather."

• 33 Fragments of Russian Performance Critic’s Pick in Artforum

  "[The] exhibition should read like so many variations on the theme of rebelliousness."

• Mika Rottenberg and Jon Kessler in New York Times

  "It is unexpectedly dazzling"

• Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, Boris Charmatz and Eleanor Bauer reviewed in the New York Times

  "Ms. Bauer channels everything from Karen Finley to “Swan Lake,” morphing with live-wire intensity from giant teddy bear to rebellious little girl to chameleon chanteuse."

• Performa Playbill: Mika Rottenberg and Jon Kessler in Art in America

  "During the first preview performance on Thursday, most spectators sat respectfully still, but in later iterations, people moved around, as is encouraged, and struck up quiet conversations."

• Tarek Atoui in the New Yorker’s “Culture Desk” Section

  "TAREK ATOUI: VISITING TARAB" profile in the New Yorker

• Elmgreen & Dragset Profile in New York Times

  Elmgreen & Dragset profile preview in the New York Times by Randy Kennedy.

• A Pre-Performa 11 Halloween Bash!

  A PRE-PERFORMA 11 HALLOWEEN BASH AT SANTOS PARTY HOUSE ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH!

• New York Times Preview of Performa 11 Program

  "Live performance will be erupting, and possibly disrupting, New York for three weeks starting Nov. 1..."

• Artinfo Announces the Release of Performa 11 Calendar

  "The well-loved performance biennial has released its full — and massive — schedule of events."

• Performa 11 Website in New York Observer

  "The almost unbelievably epic calendar is available at Performa’s website."

• Elmgreen & Dragset in T Magazine

  “If all of us would dare to be more ridiculous, we wouldn’t be so neurotic.”

• Performa 11 Sneak Peek on Artnet

  Performa on Artnet "Bigger than Ever!"

• Commission artist Ragnar Kjartansson Preview in New York Observer

  “RoseLee said to me, ‘Do your fantasy darling!’”

• Paper Magazine Preview of Performa 11

  "Getting Pumped for Performa!"

• RoseLee Goldberg Profiled in New York Observer

  "Repeat Performance: The Redoubtable RoseLee Goldberg’s Performa Festival is Back and Bigger Than Ever."

• Artinfo Recaps Performa Press Conference

  "This November, Performa 11 will hit New York City with an avalanche of performance art events..."