NOVEMBER 1– 21, 2011, NEW YORK. WWW.PERFORMA-ARTS ...

12 pm 

Tyler Ashley Half-mythical, 

Half-legendary Americanism 

at the High Line. (see 11/5 for 

more information) 

6.30 pm 

The Magnanimous Cuckold 

at Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. 

Screening of the 1980 – 81 

Guggenheim reconstruction of 

Meyerhold’s The Magnanimous 

Cuckold by the Belgian playwright 

Fernand Crommelynk at Martin 

E. Segal Theatre Center. Directed 

by Mel Gordon in collaboration 

with Alma Law. Followed by a 

discussion with Daniel Gerould 

and Mel Gordon. FREE. 

7 pm 

Not Funny: Crossing Over 

at Anthology Film Archives. 

A program of rare work by artists 

who moved toward crossing from 

the art world into comedy or vice 

versa. Featuring Michael Smith, 

Doug Skinner, and Eric Bogosian. 

Curated by Lana Wilson. 

Tickets $9 / $7 students / seniors 

/ $6 AFA Members. 

8 pm 

Liz Magic Laser I Feel Your Pain 

at the School of Visual Arts Theatre. 

(See 11/13 for more information) 

12 pm 

Laurel Nakadate and James Franco 

Three Performances in Search of 

Tennessee at Abrons Arts Center. 

A three-part project based around 

Tennessee Williams’ The Glass 

Menagerie involving a spirit calling 

in the hotel room where he died; 

theatrical karaoke; and an open 

audition for a leading man. 

Co-commissioned by Paddle8. 

Tickets $30. 

12 – 4.30 pm 

Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, 

Ashley Hunt, Katya Sander, and 

David Thorne Combatant Status 

Review Tribunals, pp. 002954– 

003064: A Public Reading at 

The Agnes Gund Garden Lobby, 

Museum of Modern Art. FREE with 

MoMA admission. (See 11/12 for 


5 pm 

Thank You and Good-Bye, a public 

discussion with Julieta Aranda, 

Carlos Motta, and guests at the 

Performa Hub. A public program 

that will use the publication Broken 

English as a point of departure to 

shift the focus from “Constructivism” 

as a movement in art and design 

to “Constructivism” as a sociological 

theory of knowledge focused in 

group interactions. FREE. 

6 pm and 7.30 pm 

Trajal Harrell Antigone Jr. at Third 

Streaming. Harell asks “What would 

have happened in 1963 if someone 

from the voguing dance tradition 

in Harlem had come downtown 

to Judson Church in Greenwich 

Village to perform alongside the 

early postmoderns?” Suggested 

donation $10. 

6 – 11 pm 

Fluxus Concert at CSV Center. 

A night of music and performace 

dedicated to the musical stylings 

of Fluxus. Co-presented by ISSUE 

Project Room. Curated by Mark 

Beasley, Zach Layton, and Lawrence 

Kumpf. Tickets $20. For more 

information on Fluxus Weekend 

see www.performa-arts.org. 

8 pm 

Liz Magic Laser I Feel Your Pain 

at the School of Visual Arts 

Theatre.Drawing on the Russian 

Constructivist’s “living newspaper” 

to restage America’s recent political 

contestations as romantic drama. 

Co-presented by School of Visual 

Arts Visual and Critical Studies 

Departments and BFA Fine 

Arts Department. Supported by 

Performa Curators Circle members 

Joanne Cassullo and Esther Kim 

Varet & Joseph Varet. FREE 

with reservation. 

8 – 10 pm 

The Ginger Island Project 

at Storefront for Art and Architecture. 

A multi-part project reflecting on 

the utopian Fluxus artist community 

initiated by George Maciunas 

initiated in the early 1970s. 

Inclueds film, a slide installation, 

and an exhibition. Curated by 

Liutauras Psibilskis. Supported by 

the Czech Center New York. FREE. 

9 pm 

Performa Ha! at HA! 

Comedy Club NYC. (See 

11/6 for more information) 

9 pm 

Michael Portnoy directs Grace, 

Experimental Comedian at the 

Performing Garage. Tickets $25. 


1 pm 

Public Movement Positions 

at Washington Square Park. The Israeli 

collective stages a choreographed 

public demonstration taking on 

divisive public issues. Presented 

by the New Museum. Curated by 

Eungie Joo. FREE. 

2 – 8 pm 

Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler 

SEVEN at Nicole Klagsbrun Project 

Space. (See 11/3 for more information) 

5 pm 

L’Encyclopédie de la parole 

Chorale at the Performa Hub. FREE. 


5 – 10 pm 

OPENING, Boris Charmatz Musée 

de la Danse: Expo Zéro at the 

Performa Hub. A “living exhibition” 

created by the renowned French 

choreographer that does not have 

any artwork or objects - only artists 

who will guide visitors to re-imagine 

the history and future of dance. 

Curated by Lana Wilson. Supported 

by French-U.S. Exchange in Dance 

(FUSED) and Cultural Services of 

the French Embassy. FREE. 

6 pm 

Mateo Tannatt Pity City Ballet 

at Saatchi and Saatchi. FREE. 

(11/3 for more information) 

6 – 8 pm 

Daido Moriyama Print Show, Live! 

at Aperture Foundation. The artist 

recreates his 1971 performance that 

features the use of a photocopier 

and photographic prints in a 

collaborative bookmaking project 

for the audience. Tickets through 

www.aperture.org. 

6.30 pm 

Jonathan Meese WAR ‘SAINT 

JUST (FIRST FLASH)’ at Bortolami 

Gallery. A Punch-and-Judy show 

without a script, freely developed 

around an unannounced theme 

that Meese will determine that 

night. FREE. 

7 pm and 8 pm 

Spartacus Chetwynd The Lion Tamer 

at the New Museum Project Space. 


7 pm 

Christine Sun Kim Feedback 

at Recess SoHo. An audio-visual 

experiment by Sun Kim, a deaf 

artist, part of a two-part project 

that translates abstract sound and 

movement into elastic narratives. 

Curated by Allison Weisberg. FREE. 

8 pm 

Mai-Thu Perret Love Letters 

in Ancient Brick at Joyce Soho. 

Tickets $15 at www.joyce.org. 

(See 11/ 3 for more information) 

8 pm 

Jonathan Burrows and Matteo 

Fargion The Quiet Dance and 

Speaking Dance at Danspace 

Project. A duo of clever 

conceptual explorations into 

the perceptions surrounding the 

relationship between music and 

dance. Presented by Danspace 

Project. Tickets $18 / $12 

Danspace Members. 

8.30 pm 

Frances Stark Put a Song in 

Your Thing at Abrons Arts Center. 

A semi-autobiographical stroll 

through the creative chaos of 

the artist’s life. Featuring dancer, 

DJ and Major Lazer Hype Man 

Skerrit Bwoy and Mark Leckey’s 

BigBoxStatueAction. Unfolds like 

the chapters of a book. Curated 

by Mark Beasley. Supported by the 

Performa Visionaries. Tickets $30. 

9 pm 

Lili Reynaud-Dewar Interpretation 

at the Calder Foundation. A collab- 

oration with Glaswegian club 

performer Mary Knox and Parisian 

experimental musician Hendrik 

Hegray. A Calder Foundation 

Project. Curated by Victoria Brooks. 

FREE with reservation. 

7.30 pm 

WORLD PREMIERE, Elmgreen & 

Dragset Happy Days in the Art World 

at Skirball Center for the Performing 

Arts. Co-commissioned by The Royal 

Danish Theater, Denmark and The 

Bergen International Festival, Norway. 

The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset 

present a theatrical performance 

that draws on Samuel Beckett’s 1961 

play Happy Days. Starring Charles 

Edwards as Michael Elmgreen and 

Joseph Fiennes as Ingar Dragset. 

Directed by Toby Kamps. Co- 

presented by Skirball Center for the 

Performing Arts. Supported by Outset 

Contemporary Art Fund, Danish 

Arts Council, Norwegian Arts 

Council, Office for Contemporary Art 

Norway, Royal Norwegian Consulate 

New York, Consulate General of 

Denmark in New York, The American 

Scandinavian Foundation and 

Producers Circle members Victoria 

Miro, Emmanuel Perrotin, Galleri 

Nicolai Wallner and Massimo 

De Carlo. Tickets $25 – $50. 

9 pm 

Elmgreen & Dragset Retrospective 

Opening Night Celebration to 

benefit Performa. Celebrate the 

opening of Performa 11 with a first 

ever live retrospective of Elmgreen 

& Dragset’s key performances. 

Hosted by Julie Blakeslee & John 

Spong; Ambassador Sissel Breie, 

Consul General of Norway in New 

York; Amy Cappellazzo, Chairman, 

Christie’s International Post-War 

& Contemporary Art Development; 

Toby Devan Lewis; Wendy Fisher; 

Ambassador Jarl Frijs-Madsen, 

Consul General of Denmark in New 

York; Amanda & Glenn Fuhrman; 

RoseLee Goldberg & Dakota Jackson; 

Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & 

Nicolas Rohatyn; Cindy Sherman. 

Sponsored by Christie’s. Tickets 

start at $500. Call 212 366 5700. 

12 – 6.30 pm 

Jonathan VanDyke With One 

Hand Between Us at Scaramouche. 

Interactive drama plays out in 

a storefront space over five days. 

Curated by David Everitt Howe. 

FREE. 

5 pm 

L’Encyclopédie de la parole Chorale 

at the Performa Hub. FREE. 


6 pm 

Mateo Tannatt Pity City Ballet 

at Saatchi and Saatchi. A live talk 

show about the problems and 

tropes of monumental public 

artwork. Curated by Cecilia Alemani. 

Supported by Saatchi and Saatchi. 

FREE. 

6 – 8 pm 

OPENING, Mika Rottenberg 

& Jon Kessler SEVEN at Nicole 

Klagsbrun Project Space. A chakra- 

sauna channeling chromatic 

body fluids from New York to the 

Cradle of Humankind in Africa. 

Supported by Salon 94 and Nicole 

Klagsbrun Gallery and the Nirox 

Foundation. Tickets $7. 

7 pm and 8 pm 




7 pm 


Fargion Cheap Lecture and 

The Cow Piece at Danspace Project. 

A witty two-parter with a former 

Royal Ballet soloist and a composer, 

with references to John Cage and 

cows. Presented by Danspace 

Project. Tickets $18 / $12 Members. 

7.30 pm 

Elmgreen & Dragset Happy Days 

in the Art World at Skirball Center for 

the Performing Arts.Tickets $25 – $50. 


8 pm 

Mai-Thu Perret Love Letters in 

Ancient Brick at Joyce Soho. Comic- 

strip dance adaptation of George 

Herriman’s Krazy Kat (1916 – 44), 

based on a love triangle between 

a cat, a mouse, and a dog. With 

choreographer Laurence Yadi, 

singer-narrator Tamar Barnett- 

Herrin, musician Vincent de 

Roguin, and costumes by Ligia 

Dias. Presented by The Swiss 

Institute. Curated by Gianni Jetzer. 

Supported by Pro Helvetia, Swiss 

Arts Council, Geneva City; Fonds 

Municipal d’Art Contemporain, 

Department of Education, 

Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung 

and David Kordansky Gallery. 


8 pm 

Matthew Stone Anatomy Of 

Immaterial Worlds at The Hole. 

A depiction and invocation of a 

metaphysical journey, stemming 

from the artist’s interest in 

shamanism – part-cathartic 

spectacle and part-sensory- 

deprived ecstacy technique. 

$5 at the door. 

9 pm 

Not Funny: Richard Pryor: Live in 

Concert at Anthology Film Archives. 

The first-ever comedy concert film, 

and still arguably the best. Presented 

by Performa. Curated by Lana 

Wilson. Tickets $9 / $7 students / 

seniors / $6 AFA Members. 

9 pm 


Fargion Both Sitting Duet 

at Danspace Project. A dance 

translation of “For John Cage” 

by composer Morton Feldman. 

Presented by Danspace Project. 

Tickets $18 / $12 Danspace Members. 

5 – 8 pm 

OPENING, Russian Performance 

in 45 Stories: From Avant-Garde 

to the Present Day at the Performa 

Hub. Presented by the Garage 

Center for Contemporary Culture, 

Moscow, this exciting archival 

exhibition features performance 

documentation, photographs, and 

video of Russian performance from 

the historical avant-garde of the 

1920s to the present. Opening 

lecture on Russian Performance 

by renowned Russian art critic 

Alexandra Obukhova. Performance 

by Russian artist Andrey Kuzkin. 

Curated by Yulia Askenova. 

Supported by Garage Center for 

Contemporary Culture, Moscow. 

FREE. 

5 – 8 pm 

OPENING, Performa 11 Hub. FREE. 

5.30 pm, 6.30 pm, and 7.30 pm 

L’Encyclopédie de la parole Chorale 

at the Performa Hub. A “choir” 

performance of texts gathered from 

political speeches, movie scenes, 

and voicemail messages, in English 

for the first time. Curated by Lana 

Wilson. Supported by Cultural 

Services of the French Embassy. 

FREE. 

6 – 8 pm 

Rashaad Newsome Tournament 

at Marlborough Gallery. A medieval- 

style rap joust for a cash prize and 

appearance on Swag Vol. 2. FREE. 

6.30 – 8.30 pm 

Juan Betancurth, Alicia Grullón, 

VJ Demencia (René Juan de 

la Cruz), Irvin Morazán,Rafael 

Sánchez, and Kathleen White 

at El Museo del Barrio. An evening 

of performances, actions, screenings, 

shamanism, and a picket line. 

Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, 

Trinidad Fombella, and Elvis 

Fuentes. FREE. 

7 pm and 8 pm 



An other-worldly experience 

exploring the truths and fallacies of 

history-making through interactivity 

and costume. Organized by Gary 

Carrion-Murayari, New Museum 

Associate Curator. Tickets available 

through the New Museum. 

9 pm 

Not Funny: The Lenny Bruce 

Performance Film at Anthology Film 

Archives. Rare documentation from 

1973 of one of the last perform- 

ances of Lenny Bruce. Not Funny is 

a film series exploring the relationship 

between stand-up comedy and the 

art world. Presented by Performa. 

Curated by Lana Wilson. 

Tickets $9 / $7 students / seniors / 

$6 AFA Members. 

9 pm – Midnight 

OPENING, Performa After Hours 

at Gallery Bar. Harkening back 

to New York’s infamous late night 

culture of the 70s and 80s, 

Performa After Hours is a late night 

get-together during the biennial 

where people can come and join 

the artists, curators, and organizers 

of Performa 11 for drinks, conver- 

sation, and impromptu performances. 

Special Performa Cocktail by Tanteo 

Spirits. Presented by ARTLOG. 

11 am 

Tyler Ashley Half-nythical, 

half-legendary Americanism 

at Times Square. Jane Fonda 

meets Rodchenko in this interactive 

exploration into the world of Stepanova 

style, Meyerhold Biomechanics, and 

19th century Eastern massive sports 

demonstrations. Direction by Tyler 

Ashley. Choreography by Tyler Ashley 

and the SARAHS. Co-produced with 

the Friends of the High Line. Music 

and Sound by Theodor Wilson. 

Costumes designed by Alyssa 

Tangand Sole Salvo, inspired by 

Stepanova. Production Manager, 

Sarah Donnelly. Press Manager, 

Victoria Michelotti. FREE. 

12 – 5 pm 

Boris Charmatz Musée de la Danse: 

Expo Zéro at the Performa Hub. 

FREE. (See 11/4 for more information) 

2 – 8 pm 




3 – 7 pm 

Tamar Ettun One Thing Leads 

to Another at Recess Red Hook. 

Part two of a project that translates 

abstract sound and movement 

into elastic narratives, featuring a 

pilgrimage within a partially-inflated, 

stationary hot air balloon. Presented 

by Recess Activities, Inc. Supported 

in part by Artis Contemporary Israeli 

Art Fund and the Consulate General 

of Israel in New York. FREE. 

6 pm 

Daido Moriyama Print Show, Live! 

at Aperture Foundation. 


6 – 8 pm 

OPENING, Gerard Byrne 

In Repertroy at Abrons Arts Center. 

A process-based project with 

viewers responding to installed 

props, mixing with actors employed 

in a subtle, interspersed fashion, 

and being incorporated into a video 

installation. Explores the breakdown 

of drama in the ambiguous historical 

relationship between theatrical props 

and sculpture. FREE. 

6 – 8 pm 

OPENING, Andrei Monastyrski 

Empty Zones at e-flux. An exhibition 

of select video works (2010 – 11) 

by Russian artist Andrei Monastyrski 

exploring his Trips Out of Town 

and their influence on performance 

art in New York. Curated by Boris 

Groys. FREE. 

6.30 pm 

Eleanor Bauer (BIG GIRLS DO 

BIG THINGS) at New York Live 

Arts Studios. An expedition into 

the surface-oriented world of a 

performer in a hilarious, inventive 

solo. Co-presented by Performa 

and New York Live Arts. Curated 

by Lana Wilson. Tickets $20 at 

the door / $16 advance from 

www.newyorklivearts.org. 

8 pm 

Mai-Thu Perret Love Letters 

in Ancient Brick at Joyce Soho. 



8 pm 

Jonathan Burrows and 

Matteo Fargion Cheap Lecture 

and The Cow Piece at Danspace 

Project. Tickets $18 / $12 

for Danspace Members. 


8.30 pm 

Tarek Atoui Visiting Tarab at SIR 

Stage 37. Artists from pop, hip hop, 

electronic, and improvised music 

re-imagine the world’s largest 

archive of Classical Arab music. 

DJ Spooky, Jonathan Butcher, Uriel 

Barthelemi, Anti-Pop Consortium, 

Lukas Ligeti, Robert Lowe, Raz 

Mesinai, Phantom Orchard 

(Zeena Parkins + Ikue Mori + Sara 

Parkins), Elliott Sharp, and Yasmine 

Hamdan. Co-commissioned by 

Sharjah Art Foundation. Supported 

by Producers Circle members Judi 

Roaman and Carla Chammas. 

Tickets $30. 

9 pm 

Lili Reynaud-Dewar Interpretation 

at the Calder Foundation. FREE 

with reservation. (See 11/4 for 


12 – 3 pm 

Liz Glynn Utopia or Oblivion 

at One New York Plaza at Water 

Street. FREE. (See 11/06 for 


12 – 6 pm 

Andrei Monastyrski Empty 

Zones at e-flux. (See 11/5 

for more information) 

7 pm 

Not Funny: Comics on the Edge 

in the 1970s at Anthology Film 

Archives. Featuring the work of 

three groundbreaking 1970s 

comedians: the anti-comedy 

of Albert Brooks and the highly 

conceptual routines of Andy 

Kaufman. Curated by Lana Wilson. 

Tickets $9 / $7 students /seniors / 


6.30 – 7 pm 

MPA and Amapola Prada 

Revolution. Two marks in rotation. 

at Leo Koenig Inc. In their first-ever 

public collaboration, the artists 

use cinderblocks, plate glass, 

and their bodies to seek the edges 

of permissibility and collaborative 

movement. Co-curated by Alhena 

Katsof and Dean Daderko. FREE. 

7 pm 

Not Funny: Piece to Camera 

at Anthology Film Archives. In the 

1970s, several California-based 

artists began making minimalist 

videos of themselves performing 

humorous conceptual experiments 

– featuring William Wegman, John 

Baldessari, Cynthia Maughan, and 

more. Curated by Lana Wilson. 



9 – 10 pm 

OPENING, Ed Atkins, Haroon 

Mirza, and James Richards 

An Echo Button at the Zabludowicz 

Collection. Known for their technical 

experimentation with popular visual 

culture, sound, and sculpture. This 

site-specific work consists of a set 

of video pieces on Toshiba Vision in 

Times Square as well as a conceptual 

installation that functions as an 

“echo chamber” for the signboards 

outside. Curated by Silvia Sgualdini. 

Co-presented by Zabludowicz 

Collection. Supported by Lisson 

Gallery, Toshiba, and Times Square 

Alliance. FREE (advance reservations 

required and entrance with ID). 

11 am – 6 pm 

Fluxus and the Essential 

Questions of Life 

at the Grey Art Gallery 

12 – 8 pm 

Nicoline van Harskamp Any other 

Business – a Scripted Conference 

at the Performa Hub. Any other 

Business is a fully scripted conf- 

erence 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. Curated 

by Defne Ayas. Supported by the 

Mondriaan Foundation. FREE. 

2 – 8 pm 




6 pm 

Nils Bech with Bendik Giske Look 

Inside at Greene Naftali. Based on 

his upcoming album, Bech creates 

rituals as tools, allowing him to reenact 

emotional circumstances from his 

life through voice, movement, music, 

and text. Presented by Art Since 

the Summer of ‘69. Curated by 

Hanne Mugaas. Supported by Royal 

Norwegian Consulate General in 

New York. FREE. 

7.30 pm 

Simon Fujiwara The Boy Who 

Cried Wolf at Abrons Arts Center. 

A three-part theatrical performance 

weaving a single epic narrative 

about the search for a 136-year-old 

Amazonian explorer and the secret 

sexual powers of Abstract Express- 

ionist painting. Featuring actors, 

musicians, and a mobile set. Co- 

commissioned by HAU Berlin and 

SFMoMA. Supported by Performa 

Producers Circle members Shelley 

Fox Aarons & Phil Aarons and 

Performa Curators Circle member 

Jeremy E. Steinke. Tickets $30. 

9 – 10 pm 

Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, 

and James Richards An Echo 

Button at the Zabludowicz 

Collection. FREE. (See 11/8 


2 – 8 pm 




5 pm 

Raphael Zarka Free Ride 

at the Performa Hub. A two-part 

project materializes recent research 

into the “geometry of skateboarding” 

and its relation to sculpture. An 

artist lecture and a demonstration of 

the world’s first cycloid skateboard 

ramp. Curated by Dougal Phillips. 

Supported by Etant Donnes and 

Cultural Services of the French 

Embassy. FREE. 

6 pm 

Boris Groys The Moscow 

Convention in New York 

at e-flux. Join Boris Groys and 

guests for an evening of 

presentations and discussions 

on Russian Concept-ualism in 

an international context. FREE. 

6 – 8 pm 

OPENING, robbinschilds 

Instruction Construction at Art 

In General 6th Floor Gallery. A 

series of sound recordings leading 

viewers through detailed movement- 

based scores that respond to the 

dimensions and characteristics 

of the venue. Directives will guide 

participants to react, using their 

bodies to touch points within the 

space. Individual interpretations 

are welcomed and spontaneous 

choreographies will result. FREE. 

7.30 pm 

Simon Fujiwara The Boy Who 

Cried Wolf at Abrons Arts Center. 


7.30 pm 

Maria Petschnig See-Saw, 

Seen-Sawn at The Austrian Cultural 

Forum. Juxtaposing suggestive 

fantasies in the form of video clips 

with live actions. Presented by the 

Austrian Cultural Forum Project. 

Curated by Andreas Stadler. FREE. 

8 pm 

Ming Wong Persona Performa 

at the Museum of the Moving Image. 

Inspired by the film Persona by 

Ingmar Bergman – a cinema- 

tographic meditation on identity and 

human nature – the performance 

will feature 24 performers, each 

representing a single frame of a 

movie filmstrip winding their way 

through the museum. Curated 

by Defne Ayas. Co-presented by 

the Museum of the Moving Image. 

Supported by Producers Circle 

members Mimi Brown & Alp Ercil. 

Co-produced by Vitamin Creative 

Space. Tickets $30. 

8 pm 

Jack Ferver with Michelle Mola 

Me, Michelle at the Museum of 

Art and Design. The mythical life 

of Cleopatra become a vehicle for 

two performers. Part of MAD’s 

performance series Risk + Reward. 

Curated by Jake Yunza. Tickets $18 / 

$15 MAD members and students. 

8 – 10 pm 

Psychedelic Noir at Westway. An 

evening of readings, book shredding, 

ventriloquism and verbal acrobatics 

with English artist, writer, pamphleteer, 

and activist Stewart Home, with invited 

guest speakers Lynne Tillman, Ken 

Wark, and Jarett Kobek. Music 

by Joe Denardo and Sadie Laska. 

Curated by Mark Beasley. Presented 

by White Columns and Performa. 

Tickets $10. 

9 – 10 pm 

Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, and 

James Richards An Echo Button 

at the Zabludowicz Collection. FREE. 


11.11 am 

Asli Çavus¸ og˘ lu Words dash 

against the facade tour begins at 

Cleopatra’s Needle at E 81st Street, 

Central Park. The artist provides 

walking tours and fortune-telling 

along with the ornamental façades of 

New York City buildings. Curated by 

Defne Ayas. Supported by Moon & 

Stars Project, SAHA - Contemporary 

Art Initiative, and Producers Circle 

Members Mimi Brown and Alp Ercil. 

Tickets $11.11. 

12 pm – 12 am, November 11 – 13 

FLUXUS WEEKEND In the spirit 

of Fluxus, Performa produces a 

52-hour program across New York 

City, with members of the Performa 

Consortium, honoring the Fluxus 

history and prompting new actions, 

objects, music, film, and ideas 

for the twenty-first century. 

2 – 8 pm 


SEVEN at Nicole Klagsbrun 

Project Space. (See 11/3 for 


5 pm 

OPENING, Fluxus Shop at the 

Performa Hub. The Fluxus Shop 

stocks contemporary multiples 

for sale produced by artists including 

David Adamo, Mark Beasley, Adam 

Chodzko, Christoph Draeger, James 

Hoff, Kelly Nipper, Brian O’Connell, 

Lisa Oppenheim, Ian Forsyth & Jane 

Pollard, Michael Portnoy, Bob & 

Roberta Smith, Marianne Vitale, 

and more. For more information. 

6 pm 

Shelley Nadashi Refrigerating 

Apparatus at the Performa Hub. 

This project combines a number 

of sculptures and prints, which are 

manipulated through the recitation 

of texts, from a guidebook to email 

etiquette. Curated by Dougal Phillips. 

Supported by Artis – Contemporary 

Israeli Art Fund and Consulate 

General of Israel. Tickets $15. 

6 pm 

Nils Bech with Bendik Giske and 

Sergei Tcherepnin Look Inside 

at the New Museum. Presented 

by Art Since the Summer of ‘69 

and Rhizome. FREE with museum 

admission. (See 11/09 for 


8 pm 

Justin Vivian Bond Full Moon 

Tranifestation Circle with 

Justin Vivian Bond and Friends 

at Participant Inc. The well-known 

downtown artist’s first solo exhibition 

of paintings, photographs, and 

installations incorporates elements 

of Bond’s soon-to-be demolished 

Second Avenue loft. Curated by 

Lia Gangitano. FREE. 

8 pm 

Ming Wong Persona Performa 

at the Museum of the Moving 

Image. Tickets $30. (See 11/10 


8 pm 

OPENING, Shirin Neshat 

OverRuled at Cedar Lake. 

A highly stylized performance set 

in a courtroom which references 

historical and contemporary Iranian 

and Arab uprisings against various 

forms of dictatorship and theocracy. 

Drawing from her previous works 

Turbulent (1998), a musical duet 

between a male and female singer, 

and The Last Word (2003), a trail 

of a poet, OverRuled features Iranian 

actor Mohammad B. Ghaffari and 

Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo. 

Directed by Neshat and written by 

Shoja Azari. Supported by Performa 

Producers Circle members Barbara 

Gladstone, Olivia Douglas and 

Frances Kazan, and the Gilbert 

MacKay Foundation. 

Tickets $35 – $100. 

8 pm 

Jack Ferver with Michelle 

Mola Me, Michelle at the Museum 

of Art and Design. (See 11/10 for 


9 – 10 pm 

Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, and 

James Richards An Echo Button 

at the Zabludowicz Collection. FREE. 


11:00 pm – 2:00 am. 


DJ sets by Marina Rosenfeld, Raz 

Mesinai, Japanster at Red Egg. Free 

12 pm 

Tyler Ashley Half-mythical, 

Half-legendary Americanism 

at the High Line. (see 11/5 for 


12 – 4 pm 

Eric Steen Brew Day at the 

Performa Hub. Colorado-based 

artist Eric Steen brings home brewers 

from around the city to brew beer 

for the Brew Pub (see 11/19 for 

more information). Supported by 

Brooklyn Homebrew. Curated by 

Esa Nickle. FREE. 

12 – 4.30 pm 

Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, 

Ashley Hunt, Katya Sander, and 

David Thorne Combatant Status 

Review Tribunals, pp. 002954– 

003064: A Public Reading 

at The Agnes Gund Garden Lobby, 

Museum of Modern Art. A four-hour 

public reading of unedited transcripts 

from 18 Review Tribunals held at the 

U.S. military prison camp in 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, between 

July 2004 and March 2005. FREE 

with MOMA admission. 

12 – 7 pm 

Alison Knowles in collaboration 

with Jessica Higgins and Joshua 

Selman Beans All Day at Forever 

& Today, Inc. Celebrated founding 

member of Fluxus cooks and 

serves “beans all day” amidst an 

installation of her sculptural ‘bean 

turners.’ FREE. 

2 – 8 pm 


SEVEN at Nicole Klagsbrun 

Project Space. (See 11/3 for 


5 pm 

Shirin Neshat OverRuled 

at Cedar Lake. Tickets $30. 


5 – 9 pm 


at Emily Harvey Foundation. 

Opening Reception. Free 

6 pm 

Jonas Mekas Fluxus Cabaret 

at Anthology Film Archives. A new 

film by artist and filmmaker Jonas 

Mekas, compiled from his video 

archives. Presented by Anthology 

Film Archives. Tickets $9 / $7 

students / seniors / $6 AFA Members. 

6 – 7 pm 

Shelley Nadashi Refrigerating 

Apparatus at the Performa Hub. 


7 pm and 9 pm 

Performa Radio at WNYC Greene 

Space. Jace Clayton, Tom McCarthy, 

Nathaniel Mellors, Masha Tupitsyn, 

Hari Kunzru, and Marianne Vitale 

were commissioned to write short 

narrative plays and scores performed 

live and streamed online. Curated 

by Mark Beasley and Dan Fox. 

Tickets $20. 

8 pm 

Shirin Neshat OverRuled 

at Cedar Lake. (See 11/11 


8 pm 

Jack Ferver with Michelle Mola 

Me, Michelle at the Museum of 

Art and Design. (See 11/10 for 


9 pm 

Michael Portnoy Grace, 

Experimental Comedian at the 

Performing Garage. Grace Zabriskie 

(from Twin Peaks and HBO’s Big 

Love) stars as an “experimental 

comedian,” injecting elements of 

the sublime, the abstract, the poetic, 

and the primal into the frame of stand- 

up comedy. Directed by Michael 

Portnoy. Music by Pete Drungle. 

Curated by Defne Ayas. Tickets $25. 

11 am 

Liz Glynn Utopia or Oblivion 

at Times Square. A silent dance 

recreation of an experiment 

attempted by Buckminster Fuller 

during his time on faculty at Black 

Mountain College in 1948, which 

eventually led one of Fuller’s 

students, Kenneth Sneleson, to 

develop the architectural principle 

of tensegrity. Curated by Dougal 

Phillips. FREE. 

11 am – 11 pm (on the odd hour). 

Varispeed Perfect Lives Manhattan 

by Robert Ashley Various Venues. 

A daylong, site-specific adaptation 

of Robert Ashley’s 1983 opera, by 

a young New York collective. Seven 

half-hour episodes each at a new 

location throughout the Lower 

East Side, Soho, and adjacent 

neighborhoods. For locations, visit 

www.performa-arts.org. Curated 

by Mark Beasley. FREE. 

12 – 5 pm 

Boris Charmatz Musée de la 

Danse: Expo Zéro at the Performa 

Hub. Tickets $10. (See 11/4 for 


9 pm 

Performa Ha! at HA! Comedy 

Club NYC. Three Sundays of jokes 

by artists, stand-up comedians, 

and musicians. Featuring Reggie 

Watts, Dina Seiden, Bedwyr 

Williams, Hennessey Youngman, 

Lumberob, Club Nutz, Houseband: 

Title TK, and Michael Smith, and 

others. Curated by Mark Beasley. 

Tickets $20. 

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 

PERFORMA HUB 

12 – 7 pm 

233 Mott Street at Prince Street. 

Open to press for information, 

conversation, and tickets. 

PERFORMA INSTITUTE 

1 – 5 pm 

Take a 55-minute class with a 

Performa 11 artist, curator or writer 

at the Performa Hub, 233 Mott Street. 

Tickets $20 / $10 for students. 

ONGOING 

Julieta Aranda and Carlos Motta 

Broken English. For their 

Constructivist-style publication, 

the artists have invited a group of 

international contributors to reflect 

on New York City as a cross-cultural 

terrain, including Andy Bichelbaum 

from the Yes Men, Sarnath Banerjee, 

Liam Gillick, Naeem Mohaiemen, 

Raqs Media Collective, Martha 

Rosler, Saskia Sassen, Jan Verwoert, 

and more. Curated by Defne Ayas. 

Complimentary copies available at 

the Performa Hub and Performa 11 

venues. FREE 


12 – 7 pm 


Open for information, conversation, 

and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Markus 

Miessen on Spatial Politics and 

Alexandra Obkhuva on Russian 

Performance at the Performa Hub. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 

33 Stories in Russian Performance 

at the Performa Hub. 

12 – 6 pm 

Fluxus and the Essential Questions 

of Life at Grey Art Gallery. Over 

100 works dating primarily from the 

1960s and 70s and a performance 

by Larry Miller offer a fresh look 

at Fluxus. Presented by Grey Art 

Gallery. Curated by Jacquelynn 

Baas. Suggested donation $3. 

12 – 6.30 pm 

Jonathan VanDyke With One Hand 

Between Us at Scaramouche. 


12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

A lecture by Professor Daniel 

Gerould on Adrian Piotrovsky, 

Soviet Mass Spectacles, and Festive 

Performance at the Performa Hub. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


of Life at Grey Art Gallery. 

12 – 6.30 pm 




Performa After Hours at Gallery Bar. 


12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Elmgreen + 

Dragset, Mai-Thu Perret, and others 


ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6.30 pm 






12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6.30 pm 






12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes at the Performa 

Hub. See details and class schedule 

on website. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 




12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Liz Glynn 

and others at the Performa Hub. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 

Andrei Monastyrski Empty Zones 

at e-flux. 




12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 



on website. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 




12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 



on website. 

ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 


Business at the Performa Hub 




12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Ragnar 

Kjartansson on music and 

forgiveness at the Performa Hub. 

After David Allisster. 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 

The Ginger Island Project exhibition 

Storefront for Art & Architecture. 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 

robbinschilds Instruction 

Construction at Art in General 6th 

Floor Gallery. Sound recordings lead 

viewers through detailed movement- 

based scores based on the dimensions 

of the venue. 






12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by 

Burak Arikan and others 


ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 


Storefront for Art & Architecture / 

Emily Harvey Foundation. By 

appointment only – 917 319 0614. 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 


Construction at Art in General. 

12 – 8 pm 

FLUXUS WEEKEND (Check 

performa-arts.org for full shedule). 






12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes, Thank You 

and Good-Bye, a public discussion 

with Julieta Aranda, Carlos Motta 

and guests at the Performa Hub. 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 



Emily Harvey Foundation. 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 8 pm 

FLUXUS WEEKEND (Check 

performa-arts.org for full shedule). 

Independent Curators International 

Curatorial Intensive: Curating 

Performance at ICI. A Curatorial 

training program using Performa 11 

as a platform to explore curating 

performance art. Participants only. 



9pm – Midnight 



12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 


Mark Beasley and others 


ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 






Performance at ICI. 

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12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 


Serkan Ozkaya and others 


ONGOING 

12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 





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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20 MONDAY NOVEMBER 21 231 NM 

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T. 212 219 1222 








12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Abbas 

Akhavan; Fatima Al Qadiri and 

Khalid Al Gharaball; Youmna 

Chlala (see below). 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 




Business at the Performa Hub. 





1 – 5 pm 

Performa Institute featuring Abbas 

Akhavan, Fatima Al Qadiri and 

Khalid Al Gharaball, and Youmna 

Chlala at the Performa Hub. These 

three New York-based Arab/Middle 

Eastern artists will unhinge the idea 

of an “expert” lecture from the the 

classroom setting, covering topics 

from madness and sexuality; to 

hairstyles in Kuwait; to the disruptive 

production of history. Presented 

by ArteEast. 

7 pm 

Not Funny: Stand-Up, Sit Down, 

and Visual Art Comedy Today at 

Anthology Film Archives. A wide 

variety of short works by some of 

the artists and stand-up comedians 

working in the in-between. Featuring 

Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, Zach 

Galifinakis, Reggie Watts, Jon Dore, 

Rory Scovel, and more. Curated 

by Lana Wilson. Tickets $9 / $7 

students / seniors / $6 AFA Members. 

7 – 10 pm 

Ben Kinmont Exhibition in 

Your Mouth at ISA in Williamsburg, 

Brooklyn. Artist-written recipes 

available as a dinner. Contributions 

from Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, 

and others. Presented by Kunstverein. 

Curated by Sarina Basta. Prix Fixe 

dinner, space limited. 

12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Michael 

Portnoy and others; screening of Fern 

Compression (1970 – 74) by Dennis 

Oppenheim, at the Performa Hub. 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 









12 – 6 pm 

Andrei Monastyrski Empty 

Zones at e-flux. (See 11/5 


2 – 8 pm 




7 pm 

Dennis McNulty The Eyes of Ayn 

Rand at the Performa Hub. Maps 

Ayn Rand’s personal trajectory 

from Russia to New York and her 

influence on our perception of 

architecture. Presented by Performa. 

Supported by Imagine Ireland. 

Tickets $15. 

8 pm 

Nathaniel Mellors Ourhouse 

at Westway. A surreal four-part 

video series combining sculpture, 

language, and domestic power 

dynamics. Junior Aspirin Records 

present: Happy Hour, God in 

Hackney and Junior Aspirin, 

History of the World DJ’s. Curated 

by Mark Beasley. Tickets $10. 

12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 


Hub. A day dedicated to Dennis 

Oppenheim (see details below). 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 









1 – 4 pm 

Proposed curriculum on 

contemporary art and performance: 

Dennis Oppenheim and the art of 

survival, Day 17 at the Performa 

Institute. Three conversational 

seminars around the life and work 

of Dennis Oppenheim. Each will 

bring distinct vantage points to the 

discussion of Oppenheim’s work 

and practice, and in particular 

his lifelong interrogation of the 

idea of performance and body 

projects. Co-presented by the 

Slought Foundation and Dennis 

Oppenheim Estate. 

2 pm 

Laurent Montaron The Invisible 

Message at multiple locations. An 

attempt to re-enact an apocryphal 

1866 experiment with kites that 

talk to each other. Staged at several 

locations between Manhattan and 

elsewhere. Supported by Etant 

Donnes and the French Cultural 

Services. Weather-dependent, for 

updated details and locations visit 

www.performa-arts.org. FREE. 

2 – 8 pm 




7 pm 

Dennis McNulty The Eyes 

of Ayn Rand at the Performa 

Hub. Tickets $15. (See 11/16 


8 pm 

Nathaniel Mellors Ourhouse 

at Westway. (See 11/16 for 


8 pm 

iona rozeal brown battle of 

yestermore at Skylight West. For 

her Performa Commission, brown 

extends the style and content of 

her paintings in her first work of live 

performance. Myth-based genres 

of Kabuki and Noh theater are mixed 

with ‘vogueing,’ made famous in 

the Harlem ballroom scene of the 

1960s, to tell a story of an epic 

battle. Featuring performances by 

vogueing legends Benny and Javier 

Ninja. Supported by Salon 94 and 

Producers Circle members Christine 

Stanton and Mitch Wasterlain. 

Tickets $30. 

12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 8 pm 


Hub. Ben Kinmont and Laurel George, 

Ethical considerations in project art 

practice, organized by Kunstverein NY 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 









2 pm 


Message at multiple locations. FREE. 


2 – 8 pm 




6 – 8 pm 

Pablo Helguera The Well-Tempered 

Exposition, Book One, Part II 

at Location One. Exploring word 

and action through the frame of 

J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. 

Presented by Franklin Furnace. FREE. 

6 – 10 pm 

Eric Steen Brew Pub at the 

Performa Hub. Following Performa’s 

home brewing conference, beer 

made by local homebrewers will 

be available for enjoyment over two 

nights at the Performa Hub. All you 

can drink! Curated by Esa Nickle. 

Tickets $20. 

7 pm and 9 pm 

OPENING, Guy Maddin Tales 

from the Gimli Hospital: Reframed 

at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 

Walter Reade Theater. A live reimagining 

of Maddin’s dreamlike 

first feature film, with a haunting 

and sublime new score created and 

performed by a superstar group of 

Icelandic musicians, the Aono Jikken 

Ensemble, and Matthew Patton. 

Narrated by Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir. 

Co-commissioned by National Arts 

Centre of Canada Prairie Scene. 

Co-presented by the Film Society 

of Lincoln Center. Curated by Lana 

Wilson. Supported by Performa 

Producers Circle members Amy 

& Ron Guttman and Maurice 

Kanbar. Advance tickets $25 / 

$30 at the door. 

8 pm 

iona rozeal brown battle of 

yestermore at Skylight West. 


9 pm 

Will Cotton Cockaigne at the 

National Arts Club. Cotton’s first 

live stage performance, featuring 

a suite of costumes designed to 

be worn in paradise. A short ballet 

piece in celebration of cotton candy, 

in collaboration with composer 

John Zorn, choreographer Charles 

Askegard, and perfume maker 

Nicolas Mirzayantz. Curated by 

Stacy Engman. FREE with rsvp 

to nacontemporary@gmail.com. 

12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 


1 – 5 pm 

Artist-taught classes by Guy Maddin 

and others at the Performa Hub. 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 


at e-flux. 

12 – 6 pm 









12pm – Midnight 

Ragnar Kjartansson Bliss 

at Abrons Arts Center. With full 

orchestra, elaborate scenery, and 

period costumes, five singers will 

perform the final aria of Mozart’s 

opera The Marriage of Figaro on 

a “live loop” for 12 hours. The 

audience is invited to enter, leave, 

and return as they please. Supported 

by Producers Circle members 

Luhring Augustine and i8 Gallery 

and Curators Circle members 

Jane Wesman & Don Savelson. 

Tickets $30. 

1 pm and 4.30 pm 

Zhou Xiaohu Crazy English 

at Judson Memorial Church. 

Native speakers will re-learn 

English en mass directed by 

Chinese celebrity educator 

Li Yang. Curated by Defne Ayas 

and Davide Quadrio. Co-presented 

by Arthub Asia and supported 

by the Depart Foundation and 

Far East Far West. FREE. 

2 – 4 pm 




2 – 8 pm 


SEVEN 

at Nicole Klagsbrun Project Space. 


6 – 10 pm 

Eric Steen Brew Pub 



7 pm and 9 pm 

Guy Maddin Tales from the Gimli 

Hospital: Reframed at the Film 

Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter 

Reade Theater. (See 11/18 for 


7 – 10.30 pm 

Wu Tsang Full Body Quotation 

at the New Museum Theater. 

Wu Tsang maintains the tradition 

of drag realness by appropriating, 

re-embodying, and remixing the 

canon of transgender cinema. 

Presented by the New Museum. 

Curated by Eungie Joo. FREE 

with New Museum admission. 

8 pm 

OPENING, Robert Ashley That 

Morning Thing (1967) at The 

Kitchen. That Morning Thing was 

performed only three times in the 

late 1960s, but the opera acquired 

its reputation through rumor and the 

famous recordings of two sections, 

‘Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon’ 

and ‘She Was A Visitor’. In three 

distinct acts plus epilogue, the opera 

presents the socio-political climate of 

the late 1960s. This new staging by 

the writer/composer himself promises 

to be the definitive version of the 

opera. Curated by Mark Beasley. 

Produced by Performa and Performing 

Artservices Inc and co-presented by 

The Kitchen. Tickets $30. 

8.30 pm 

(Doors open 6.30 pm with cash 

bar) Otomo Yoshihide & Christian 

Marclay Turntable Duo: Otomo + 

Marclay at Japan Society. The 

experimental music revolutionaries 

explore together the possibilities of 

electronic and acoustic sound using 

turntables in a one-of-a-kind concert. 

Presented by Japan Society. Tickets 

$25 / $20 Japan Society members. 

9 pm 

Athi-Patra Ruga Ilulwane 

at Asphalt Green. A synchronizedswimming 

performance inspired 

by Alvin Baltrop’s 1970s and 80s 

photographs. Reflects on initiation 

ceremonies in the artist’s own 

Xhosa culture, and on the AIDS 

crisis in New York and South Africa. 

Co-presented with the Museum for 

African Art. FREE. 

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NOVEMBER 1– 21, 2011, NEW YORK. WWW.PERFORMA-ARTS.ORG 

12 – 7 pm pm 



and tickets. 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 









2 – 4 pm 




3 pm 

Robert Ashley That Morning 

Thing (1967) at The Kitchen. 


5 pm 

Ursula Mayer Gonda Presented 

by ISCP project at Center 548. 

A live performance that responds to 

the play Ideal by controversial Russian- 

American writer Ayn Rand through 

a critical reading of aspects of 

revolutionary modernism. Tickets $10. 

7 pm and 9 pm 

Guy Maddin Tales from the Gimli 

Hospital: Reframed at the Film 

Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter 

Reade Theater. (See 11/18 for 


8 pm 




9 pm 

Athi-Patra Ruga Ilulwane 

at Asphalt Green. FREE. 


9 pm 

Performa Ha! at HA! 

Comedy Club NYC. 

(See 11 /6 for more information) 

12 – 7 pm 



and tickets. 

ONGOING 

11 am – 6 pm 




12 – 6 pm 



12 – 6 pm 







12 – 6 pm 


at the Performa Hub. Presented 

by the Garage Center for Contemporary 

Culture, Moscow, this 

exciting archival exhibition features 

performance documentation, 

photographs, and video of Russian 

performance from the historical 

avant-garde of the 1920s to the 

present. Curated by Yulia Askenova. 

Supported by Garage Center for 

Contemporary Culture, Moscow. 

FREE. 

Julieta Aranda and Carlos Motta 

Broken English. For their 

Constructivist-style publication, 

the artists have invited a group of 

international contributors to reflect 

on New York City as a cross-cultural 

terrain, including Andy Bichelbaum 

from the Yes Men, Sarnath Banerjee, 

Liam Gillick, Naeem Mohaiemen, 

Raqs Media Collective, Martha 

Rosler, Saskia Sassen, Jan Verwoert, 

and more. Curated by Defne Ayas. 

Complimentary copies available at 

the Performa Hub and Performa 11 

venues. FREE 

8 pm 




8 pm 

Alison O’Daniel Night Sky 

at Anthology Film Archive presented 

by Art In General. An hour-long 

narrative film telling parallel stories: 

two girls travel through the desert 

while a group of contestants compete 

in a current-day dance marathon. 



9 pm 

Performa 11 Grand Finale at Bowery 

Hotel. An evening dedicated to the 

late, great Malcolm McLaren, including 

the presentation of the inaugural 

Malcolm Award for the best work 

in the biennial by an artist under 40. 

Featuring special guests and musical 

performers. Curated by Mark Beasley. 

Tickets $20. 

Abrons Arts Center 

466 Grand Street 

T. 212 598 0400 

Anthology Film Archives 

32 2nd Avenue 


Aperture Gallery and Bookstore 

547 W 27th Street, 4th floor 


Art in General 

79 Walker Street 


Asphalt Green 

555 E 90th Street 


Austrian Cultural Forum 

11 E 52nd Street 


Bortolami Gallery 

520 W 20th Street 


Bowery Hotel 

335 Bowery 


Calder Foundation 

207 W 25th Street, 12th Floor 


Cedar Lake 



Center 548 

548 W 22nd Street 

T. 646 398 9100 

Cleopatra‘s Needle (The Obelisk) 

E 81st Street (behind the 

Metropolitan Museum of Art) 

CSV Center 

107 Suffolk Street 


Danspace Project 



e-flux 

311 East Broadway 


El Museo del Barrio 

1230 5th Avenue 


Emily Harvey Foundation 

537 Broadway, #2 


Film Society of Lincoln Center 

Walter Reade Theater 



Forever & Today, Inc. 

141 Division Street 

T. 646 455 1744 

Gallery Bar 

120 Orchard Street 


Greene Naftali Gallery 

508 W 26th Street, 8th floor 


Grey Art Gallery NYC 

100 Washington Square East 


HA! Comedy Club NYC 


Isa (Restaurant) 

348 Wythe, Brooklyn, NY 

T. 347 689 3594 

Japan Society 



Joyce Soho 

155 Mercer Street 


Judson Memorial Church 

55 Washington Square South 

Leo Koenig, Inc. 

545 W 23rd Street 


Location One 

26 Greene Street 


Marlborough Chelsea 



Museum of the Moving Image 

36-01 35th Avenue Astoria, Queens 

T. 718 777 6888 

Museum of Arts and Design 

2 Columbus Circle 


Museum of Modern Art 



New Museum 

235 Bowery 


New York Live Arts 

219 W 19th Street 


Nicole Klagsbrun Project 

534 W 24 Street 


Old School Gym 

268 Mulberry Street 

One New York Plaza 

Water Street near Broad Street 

PARTICIPANT INC 

253 E Houston Street 


Recess at Kidd Yellin 

133 Imlay Street, Brooklyn, NY 

T. 646 863 3765 

Recess Soho 

41 Grand Street 

T. 646 863 3765 

Saatchi and Saatchi 

375 Hudson Street 


Scaramouche 

52 Orchard Street 


SIR Stage 37 



Skirball Center for 

the Performing Arts 

566 LaGuardia Place 


Skylight Soho 

275 Hudson Street 


Skylight West 



Storefront for Art and Architecture 

97 Kenmare Street 


School of Visual Arts Theatre 



Performa Hub 

233 Mott Street 


Performa Institute 

233 Mott Street 


The Greene Space WNYC 

160 Varick Street 

T. 646 829 4000 

The High Line 

210 10th Avenue at 30th Street 

The Hole 

312 Bowery 


The Kitchen 



The National Arts Club 

15 Gramercy Park South 


The Performing Garage 

33 Wooster Street 


Third Streaming 

10 Greene Street, 2nd Floor 

T. 646 370 3877 

Times Square 

Duffy Square, 45th to 47th Streets, 

between Broadway and 7th Avenue 

Union Square South 

14th Street at Broadway 

Washington Square South 

At Thompson Street 

Westway 

75 Clarkson Street 


White Box 

329 Broome 


Zabludowicz Collection 

1500 Broadway, 33rd Floor 

PERFORMA 11 STAFF 

RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator / Esa Nickle, General Manager 

and Producer / Defne Ayas, Curator at Large / Mark Beasley, Curator / Dougal Phillips, 

Manager of Curatorial Affairs / Lana Wilson, Publications Manager and Film Curator / 

Ashley Tickle, Press and Marketing Manager / Shelley Gross, Assistant to the Director 

and Special Events / Adrienne Edwards, Strategic Development / Mike Skinner, 

Technical Producer, ARUP / Lillie DeArmon, Production Manager / Anthony Elms, 

Associate Producer / Tyler Myers, Associate Producer / Austin Shull, Associate Producer / 

Jennifer Piejko, Assistant to the Producer / Leonor Torres, Production Assistant / 

Hyatt Mannix, Press and Marketing Assistant / Sara Campot, Press and Archival Intern / 

Yasha Wallin, Web Editor / Livia Carpeggiani, Development Assistant / Sarah Stout, 

Development Assistant / Loren Mullins, Administrative Assistant / Marc Arthur, Front 

of House Manager / Alexandra Delage, Intern / Clara Touboul, Intern / Rebecca Schwebel, 

Intern /Additional Support: Luisa Gui, Job Piston, Performa Intensive – NYU Students / 

Paula Court, Archival Photographer / Pierce Jackson, Performa TV / A Practice 

for Everyday Life, Graphic Design / Fitz & Co, Public Relations / Perry Garvin Studio, 

Website Design 

PERFORMA 11 CURATORIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 

Marina Abramovic / Massimiliano Gioni / Yuko Hasegawa / Jens Hoffmann / Chrissie 

Iles / Joan Jonas / Lois Keidan / William Kentridge / Joseph V. Melillo / Paul D. Miller 

AKA DJ Spooky / Meredith Monk / Hans Ulrich Obrist / Lisa Phillips / Octavio Zaya 

PERFORMA 11 CONSORTIUM 

Abrons Arts Center / Anthology Film Archive / Americas Society / Aperture Foundation / 

ArteEast / Art in General / Art Since the Summer of ‘69/ Artists Institute / Artists Space / 

Austrian Cultural Forum / Bortolami Gallery / Bronx Museum / Calder Foundation / 

Columbia University / Danspace Project / E-Flux / El Museo del Barrio / Emily Harvey 

Foundation/ Fales Library & Special Collections, New York University/ Film Society at 

Lincoln Center / Forever & Today, Inc. / Franklin Furnace / Friends of the High Line / 

Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow / Grey Art Gallery, New York 

University / Independent Curators International / International Studio & Curatorial 

Program / Issue Project Room / Japan Society / Joyce Soho / KAFFNY / Kunstverein 

New York / Leo Koenig Gallery / Location One / Marlborough Gallery / Museum of 

Art and Design / Museum of Modern Art / Museum of the Moving Image / National 

Arts Club / New Museum of Contemporary Art / Nicole Klagsbrun Project Space / 

Participant Inc. / Performing Garage / Recess Activities, Inc. / Rhizome / 

Scaramouche / School of Visual Arts / Sculpture Center / Sharjah Art Foundation / 

Storefront for Art and Architecture / Swiss Institute / The Hole / The Kitchen / 

The Vera List Center for Art and Politics The New School / Third Streaming / 

Times Square Alliance / White Box / White Columns / Zabludowicz Collection 

PERFORMA 11 TICKETS 

Buy tickets online at www.performa-arts.org 

Students / Senior Citizens / Performa Members: 

20% discount off tickets $10 or more 

Students must present current student photo ID at the Box Office 

Senior citizens (over 65) must show proof of age 

PERFORMA 11 BOX OFFICE 

Performa Hub 

233 Mott Street at Prince Street 


Open seven days a week, 12 – 6 pm beginning November 1st 

Cash, VISA, American Express, and MasterCard accepted 

VISUAL ART PERFORMANCE BIENNIAL 

NOVEMBER 1 – 21, 2011 

WWW.PERFORMA-ARTS.ORG 


Over its three-week run, the Performa Hub, designed by nOffice, functions 

as the biennial’s headquarters, offering a venue for special performances. 


New this year, the Performa Institute provides an exciting new platform for the 

research and educational components of the biennial. 

PERFORMA 11 BIENNIAL FUNDING & SUPPORT 

Lead support for has been provided by Toby Devan Lewis / Lambent Foundation Fund 

of Tides Foundation / The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Major support 

has been provided by Sharjah Art Foundation / National Endowment for the Arts / 

The David and Elaine Potter Foundation / Christie’s / Imagine Ireland / Paddle8. 

Additional support has been provided by Depart Foundation for the Discussion 

Exhibition and Production of Art / Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York / 

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy / Maison Francaise and Institut Francais / 

Public Funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with 

the City Council / New York State Council on the Arts / Consulate General of Denmark 

in New York / Etant Donnés Contemporary Art / FUSED: French U.S. Exchange in 

Dance, a program of the National Dance Project/New England Foundation for the 

Arts and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York, and FACE (French 

American Cultural Exchange), with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 

and the Florence Gould Foundation / The Dedalus Foundation / The Gilbert MacKay 

Foundation / Office for Contemporary Art Norway / Danish Arts Council Committee for 

International Visual Arts / Arts Council Norway / SAHA - Contemporary Art Initiative / 

Toshiba / Dorothea Leonhardt Fund, Communities Foundation of Texas / Foundation 

for Contemporary Arts / Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam / Office of Cultural Affairs, 

Consulate General of Israel in New York / Artis – Contemporary Israeli Art Fund / The 

American-Scandinavian Foundation / Helena Rubinstein Foundation / Moon and Stars 

Project of The American Turkish Society / the Performa Board of Directors / the 

Performa Producers Circle / the Performa Curators Circle / the Performa Visionaries 

PERFORMA 11 MEDIA SPONSORS 

Art in America, W Magazine, Art Asia Pacific, Frieze, artnet, Whitewall 

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS 

Heidi Banks / Laurie Beckelman / Jean Christophe Castelli and Lisa Silver / Suzanne 

Geiss, Dakota Jackson / Mario Lazzaroni / Cindy Sherman / Ilya Szilak & Chris Vroom 

PERFORMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Laurie Beckelman / Irving Benson / Todd Bishop / Julie Blakeslee / Amy Cappellazzo / 

Roy Essakow / Wendy Fisher / Stephanie French / Amanda Fuhrman / Jeanne 

Greenberg Rohatyn (Chair) / RoseLee Goldberg / Ronald Guttman / Barbara Hoffman / 

Michael Kantrow / Toby Devan Lewis (Honorary Chair) / David Orentreich 

PERFORMA PATRONS 

Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi / Julie Blakeslee and John Spong / Toby Devan Lewis / 

Wendy Fisher / Amanda and Glen Fuhrman / Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and 

Nicholas Rohatyn / Amy and Ronald Gutman 

PERFORMA PRODUCERS CIRCLE 

Shelley Fox Aarons and Phil Aarons / Mimi Brown and Alp Ercil / David Campbell / 

Olivia Douglas / Gladstone Gallery / Agnes Gund / Rivka Sakar / i8 Gallery / Maurice 

Kanbar / Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery / Lisson Gallery / Luhring Augustine / Massimo 

De Carlo Gallery / Julie Mehretu / Victoria Miro / Nicolai Wallner Galleri / Emmanuel 

Perrotin / Carla Chamas and Judi Roaman / Rivka Saker / Laura Skoler / Shelley 

and David Sonnenberg / Christine Stanton and Mitch Wasterlain / David Teiger 

PERFORMA CURATORS CIRCLE 

Ellen Cantrowitz / Joanne Cassullo / Frances Kazan / Kate Robinson / 

Ross Sappenfield / Jeremy E. Steinke /Jane Wesman and Don Savelson / 

Esther Kim Varet and Joseph Varet 

PERFORMA VISIONARIES 

Steering Committee: Karen Boyer / Alexandre Carel / Anne Dayton / Natasha Graham / 

Candice Madey / Zoe Jackson / Jennifer Joy / Kate Robinson / Jeremy E. Steinke 

(Chair) / Esther Kim Varet. Members: Moreen Ahmad / Hope Atherton / Valerie Best / 

Felicitas and Chris Brant / Candice Breitz / Roxanna Bruno / David Carson / Geoffrey 

Chaiken / Nicolas Coblence / Gil Doron / Carolyn Drake / Justine Fisher / Peter 

Friedland / Leslie Fritz, Emma Hall / Sarah Hoover / Pierce Jackson / Jesper Just / 

Grace Kim / Jisoo Kim / Alexis Klein / Terence Koh / Heidi Lee / Yina Luo / Maggie Lyko / 

Sage Mehta / Lauren Messelian / Paul D. Miller / Haeyun Park / Adam Pendleton / 

Rob Profusek / Michael Robinson / Cassie Rosenthal / Jaime Schwartz / Jennie 

Salomon / Joanie Tom / Imani Uzuri / Joseph Varet / Sarah Varet / Burcu Yuksel 

PERFORMA 11 CURATORS 

RoseLee Goldberg / Defne Ayas / Mark Beasley / Esa Nickle / Lana Wilson / Yulia 

Aksenova / Melanie Crean / Cecilia Alemani / Dougal Phillips / Yona Backer / Sarina 

Basta / Sergio Bessa / Stefania Bortolami / Sabine Breitwieser / Victoria Brooks / 

Claudia Calirman / Gary Carrion-Murayari / Mary Ceruti / Ingrid Chu / Kari Conte / 

Lauren Cornell / Dean Daderko / Stacy Engman / David Everett-Howe / Courtenay Finn / 

Scott Foundas / Kate Fowle / Eva Franch i Gilabert / Lia Gangitano / Eric Gleason / 

Savannah Gorton / Kathy Grayson / Boris Groys / Anthony Huberman / Judy Hussie- 

Taylor / Gianni Jetzer / Eungie Joo / Alhena Katsof / Carin Kuoni / Fionn Meade / 

Hanne Mugaas / Liutauras Psibilskis / Juan Puntes / Davide Quadrio / Gabriela Rangel / 

Silvia Sgualdini / Danya Sherman / Yoko Shioya / Andreas Stadler / Allison Weisberg / 

Glenn Weiss / Martha Wilson / Jake Yuzna 

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