[inter/meta/trans] Fwd: PERFORMA07: The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance

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03/10/07	
PERFORMA07


	





PERFORMA07
The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance
November 1-20, 2007




PERFORMA07, the second biennial of new visual art performance, will  
take place in New York City from November 1-20, 2007. As with  
PERFORMA05, New York’s first performance biennial, PERFORMA07 will  
bring together more than twenty of the city’s leading cultural  
institutions to present live work in all disciplines by visual  
artists from around the world. Performance has always been an  
important catalyst in the history of twentieth-century art, and the  
PERFORMA Biennial recognizes its vital and ongoing impact on  
contemporary art and culture and provides opportunities for both  
established and emerging artists to present new performance for the  
twenty-first century.

PERFORMA07 will transform the city during its three-week run with a  
schedule of performances, screenings, symposia, exhibitions and other  
events at more than twenty venues across the city. New programs this  
year will include the launch of PERFORMA Publications, PERFORMA late  
night Hot Spots, a Writing Live blog, and a pilot Apprenticeship  
Program in Arts Production for young people, ages 18-23. Dance After  
Choreography, a special series of programs, will examine the  
influence of the Judson Dance Theater’s groundbreaking  
interdisciplinary activities in 1960s and 70s New York on  
contemporary French performance. PERFORMA will also present the  
thirteenth annual international conference of Performance Studies  
International in conjunction with New York University. Bringing  
together writers, artists, curators, and fans of live visual art in  
its many forms, PERFORMA07 will not only spark cross-disciplinary  
conversations, but will also build a community of people dedicated to  
maintai ning New York’s extraordinarily rich heritage of radical  
performance and to nurturing new work for the future.

PERFORMA COMMISSIONS FOR PERFORMA07
The PERFORMA Commissions program originates new productions and  
supports artists in the creation of exceptional performances.  
PERFORMA works closely with commissioned artists from  
conceptualization to presentation, including international touring  
following the PERFORMA Biennial. PERFORMA is pleased to announce  
Isaac Julien, Yvonnne Rainer, Francesco Vezzoli, and Daria Martin as  
the first recipients of PERFORMA Commissions for PERFORMA07.  
Additional commissions will be announced in May.

PERFORMA07 Consortium presenters include (list in formation):  
Anthology Film Archives, Art in General, Artists Space, Asia Society,  
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Theater Workshop, Eyebeam, The  
Kitchen, The Jewish Museum, Participant Inc., SculptureCenter, The  
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Swiss  
Institute – Contemporary Art, White Box, White Columns and WPS1 Art  
Radio.


UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

NOT FOR SALE: FOREVER RADICAL? At New York University April 12, 2007
NOT FOR SALE: Forever Radical? will explore the notion of the term  
“radical” as it has been used in the past to describe live actions by  
artists intentionally penetrating broadly held values of the art  
economy and the institutions that maintain it. Moderated by RoseLee  
Goldberg, this panel will provide a platform for discussion by  
artists, curators, and writers whose work continues to probe and  
disrupt those values, even at a time when a buoyant art market  
quickly absorbs such strategies. NOT FOR SALE is an ongoing public  
education series presented with New York University.

FIRST PERFORMA BOOK AVAILABLE IN JUNE 2007
PERFORMA: New Visual Art Performance will feature extensive  
documentation of work by the 100 artists who made the first  
performance biennial so extraordinary. Photographs by Paula Court.  
With its coverage of each artist’s work, histories of the presenting  
venues, and overall characterization of the international performance  
scene today, PERFORMA will be both an invaluable reference to  
contemporary art and new media as well as a new kind of guide to  
cultural life in New York City. Advance copies of PERFORMA can be  
ordered by emailing publications at performa-arts.org

PERFORMA is a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization  
dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the  
history of twentieth century art and to encouraging new directions in  
performance for the twenty-first century. PERFORMA’s programs are  
supported by grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts,  
The Foundation for Contemporary Art, The David & Elaine Potter  
Charitable Trust, the PERFORMA Producer’s Circle, and many generous  
individuals.

For further information please contact:
http://www.performa-arts.org
info at performa-arts.org
(212) 533-5720


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