Performa 11

Projects

In addition to Performa Commissions, the Performa Projects provide an acclaimed group of additional artists, curators, and institutions an exciting platform to produce and present new work.

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Julieta Aranda and Carlos MottaBroken English
- Tuesday, November 1, 12:00 am
A Constructivist-style publication, reflecting on the constant cultural translations and negotiations of New York City.
L’Encyclopédie de la parole Chorale
- Wednesday, November 2, 5:30 pm
- Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 pm
- Wednesday, November 2, 7:30 pm
- Thursday, November 3, 5:00 pm
- Friday, November 4, 5:00 pm
A brief “choir” performance of texts gathered from political speeches, movie scenes and voicemail messages, in English for the first time.
Mateo TannattPity City Ballet
- Wednesday, November 2, 6:00 pm
- Thursday, November 3, 6:00 pm
A live talk show about monumental public artwork – with added dance and greenscreen technology.
Spartacus ChetwyndThe Lion Tamer
- Wednesday, November 2, 7:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 2, 8:00 pm
- Thursday, November 3, 7:00 pm
- Thursday, November 3, 8:00 pm
Exploring the truths and fallacies of history making, through chambers and antechambers and among large costumed insects. Live performance, projected film, and interactivity all play a part in this other-worldly experience.
Tyler AshleyHalf-Mythical, Half-Legendary Americanism
- Saturday, November 5, 11:00 am
Jane Fonda meets Rodchenko in this interactive exploration into the world of Stepanova style, Meyerhold Biomechanics, and 19th century Eastern massive sports demonstrations.
Liz GlynnUtopia or Oblivion: Parts I and II
- Saturday, November 5, 12:00 pm
Liz Glynn will present a two-part performance. Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s faltering geodesic dome experiment of 1948, including a building project with volunteer participants.
Raphael ZarkaFree Ride
- Saturday, November 5, 3:00 pm
A two-part project materializes recent research into the “geometry of skateboarding” and its relation to sculpture.
Liz GlynnUtopia or Oblivion
- Sunday, November 6, 11:00 am
A silent dance recreation of an experiment attempted by Buckminster Fuller during his time on the faculty at Black Mountain College.
VarispeedPerfect Lives Manhattan
- Sunday, November 6, 11:00 am
Perfect Lives Manhattan is a daylong, site-specific performance of Robert Ashley’s 1983 opera adapted by Varispeed, a newly formed collective of composer-performers.
Performa Ha!Reggie Watts, Dina Seiden, Hennessey Youngman, Lumberob, Bedwyr Williams, Club Nutz and house-band Title TK and Michael Smith
- Sunday, November 6, 9:00 pm
- Sunday, November 13, 9:00 pm
- Sunday, November 20, 9:00 pm
Three Sundays of conceptual jokes by artists, stand-up comedians and musicians.
Liz GlynnUtopia or Oblivion: Parts I and II
- Monday, November 7, 12:00 pm
Liz Glynn will present a two-part performance. Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s faltering geodesic dome experiment of 1948, including a building project with volunteer participants.
Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, and James RichardsAn Echo Button
- Tuesday, November 8, 9:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 9, 9:00 pm
- Thursday, November 10, 9:00 pm
- Friday, November 11, 9:00 pm
British artists Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, and James Richards have created a project for Times Square that responds to the history and the spectacle of the site.
Nicoline van HarskampAny Other Business - a scripted conference, video installation
- Wednesday, November 9, 12:00 pm
- Thursday, November 10, 12:00 pm
- Friday, November 11, 12:00 pm
- Saturday, November 12, 12:00 pm
- Sunday, November 13, 12:00 pm
- Monday, November 14, 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, November 15, 12:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 16, 12:00 pm
- Thursday, November 17, 12:00 pm
- Friday, November 18, 12:00 pm
- Saturday, November 19, 12:00 pm
- Sunday, November 20, 12:00 pm
- Monday, November 21, 12:00 pm
Any Other Business is a video installation of a fully scripted conference recorded for a live audience in an Amsterdam convention centre. In each of its nine meetings, based on original political debates and speeches, a productive type of miscommunication occurs.
Stewart Home and guestsPsychedelic Noir
- Thursday, November 10, 8:00 pm
An evening of readings, book shredding, ventriloquism and verbal acrobatics.
Fluxus WeekendVarious
- Friday, November 11, 10:00 am
- Saturday, November 12, 10:00 am
- Sunday, November 13, 10:00 am
In the spirit of Fluxus, Performa will produce an intensive 52-hour program across New York City, collaborating with members of the Performa Consortium.
Asli ÇavuşoğluWords dash against the façade
- Friday, November 11, 11:11 am
Asli Çavuşoğlu will create a walking tour on 11.11.11 that will use fortune-telling to scrutinize the ornamental façades of New York City buildings.
Shelly NadashiRefrigerating Apparatus
- Friday, November 11, 6:00 pm
- Saturday, November 12, 6:00 pm
This project combines a number of sculptures and prints, which are manipulated through the recitation of texts, from a guidebook to email etiquette.
Sound project and DJ sets by Marina Rosenfeld. DJ by Raz Mesinai & DJ JapansterThe Ginger Island Project / Red Egg
- Friday, November 11, 11:00 pm
In the project Ginger Island becomes a metaphor for utopias, dreams, aspirations and creativity.
Eric SteenBrew Day
- Saturday, November 12, 12:00 pm
Brings together home brewers from around the city to share their knowledge and art.
Tyler Ashley Half-Mythical, Half-Legendary Americanism
- Saturday, November 12, 12:00 pm
- Monday, November 14, 5:30 pm
Jane Fonda meets Rodchenko in this interactive exploration into the world of Stepanova style, Meyerhold Biomechanics, and 19th century Eastern massive sports demonstrations.
Performa Radio
- Saturday, November 12, 6:00 pm
- Saturday, November 12, 8:30 pm
Leading figures in the fields of literature, art, and music present short narrative plays live and online.
Dennis McNultyThe Eyes of Ayn Rand
- Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 pm
- Thursday, November 17, 7:00 pm
Tracing various spatial and temporal constructions along a line from Konstantin Melnikov's house in Moscow in 1927 to Ayn Rand's eyes in New York 1958.
Laurent Montaron The Invisible Message
- Thursday, November 17, 2:00 pm
- Friday, November 18, 2:00 pm
- Saturday, November 19, 2:00 pm
An attempt to re-enact an apocryphal 1866 experiment with kites that talk to each other.
Eric SteenBrew Pub
- Friday, November 18, 6:00 pm
- Saturday, November 19, 6:00 pm
Following Performa's home brewing conference, beer made by local homebrewers will be available over two nights at the Performa Hub. All you can drink!
Athi-Patra RugaIlulwane
- Saturday, November 19, 9:00 pm
- Sunday, November 20, 9:00 pm
A synchronized-swimming performance reflecting on the passage of time in both New York and in the artist’s own South African Xhosa culture.
Performa 11 Grand FinaleThe Malcolm McLaren Award
- Monday, November 21, 9:00 pm
The Performa 11 Grand Finale will be held in honor of the punk pioneer and Sex Pistols founder Malcolm McLaren.