PERFORMA - a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization established by RoseLee Goldberg in 2004, dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth century art.
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ABOUT US: Performa is a non-profit interdisciplinary arts organization committed to the research, development, and presentation of performance by visual artists from around the world.

WHAT WE DO:

Commission new performance projects in visual arts.
Present a dedicated performance biennial.
Consult and collaborate with art institutions and performing art presenters around the world to create dynamic and historically significant performance programs
Offer an ongoing educational platform for expanding the knowledge and understanding of this critical area of visual art and cultural history.

AWARDS: Performa Honored with Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Award

YOUNGEST ORGANIZATION EVER TO RECEIVE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AWARD FROM FOUNDATION’S NYC CULTURAL INNOVATION FUND

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PERFORMA09: You heard it here first!
November 1-22, 2009
New York City

10 PERFORMA Commissions / 90+ ARTISTS / 70+ VENUES / 20+ CURATORS / PERFORMA Hot Spots / PERFORMA Radio / PERFORMA TV / NOT FOR SALE panel

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Vulture Presents the Best of Performa 09 -- Vulture

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Concluding yesterday was Performa 09, the third iteration of the biennial that sees 150 performance artists descend on New York. See our slideshow recap!

PERFORMA L MAGAZINE on 100 YEARS and the biennial as a whole

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As the dust from the performance art biennial settles, PS1's historical survey tries to make sense of it all.

PERFORMA Susan Emerling on Performa in LA Times

Performa '09 and futurism -- latimes.com

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Reporting from New York - A decade ago, art historian and impresario RoseLee Goldberg, who literally wrote the book on performance art -- "Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present," first published ...

PERFORMA Thank You for Your Support!! See You in 2011!! And “Let us leave good sense behind like a hideous husk and let us hurl ourselves, like fruit spiced with pride, into the immense mouth and breast of the world!” (Marinetti)

PERFORMA Performa 09 Shot by You!

Please send us your favorite photographs from the biennial. The best shots will be posted and the winner will be rewarded with a 1-year Performa Membership.

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PERFORMA SUNDAY: LAST CALL!! Brody Condon! Froment and Dirkx! PS1! P.A.! and SCRATCH GRAND FINALE, everybody get tickets and dress up!! Lust is a FORCE and dining on radio WAVES!

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What is the ideal performance space for 21st century New York? This session will be dedicated to the discussion and speculation of what defines a performance space. It will examine past examples of performance spaces--whether

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Erratic Anthropologies

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A trio of performance projects–by Shana Moulton, Rancourt/Yatsuk, and Guy Benfield–that mine the artifacts and visual culture of defunct utopian communities, drawing from sources ranging ...

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Rabih Mroué's Gift to New York By Rabih Mroué

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Rabih Mroué’s surprise reading for New York by an unannounced guest, followed with a 50 minute screening of a selection of his video works including Face A Face B (10 min.), With Soul, ...

PERFORMA SATURDAY: Final Weekend!! Santiago says NO! Plus Snorks, Parents, Panels, and Music for the BQE!

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Designed to accompany the two day Mike Kelley-curated festival "A Fantastic World Superimposed on Reality," Not For Sale: Noise Panel will include artist and musician Tony Conrad; Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Columbia

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Performa 09 | Double Trouble - The Moment Blog - NYTimes.com

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Entertainment used to be anathema to performance art, which can often seem more like an endurance test. But Performa 09, which runs through this weekend, has given us a breed of less self-indulgent artists for whom audience pleasure is paramount. ...

PERFORMA Loris Greaud's Concert for Creatures at Times Square

The Snorks, a Concert for Creatures [Trailer]

Location:Times Square

Time:11:55PM Saturday, November 21st

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Raised by an Islamic scholar father and a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist mother, Arahmaiani is a key figure in the current art scene in Indonesia. Recently Arahmaiani has been using the Malay world’s variation of Arabic script, called Jawi, for her performances and installations. ...

PERFORMA "A lost astronaut went grocery shopping recently at Whole Foods on the Bowery"

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SOHO — A lost astronaut went grocery shopping recently at Whole Foods on the Bowery, but she was told to take off before she even made it to the produce section.

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PERFORMA L MAGAZINE on 100 YEARS and the biennial as a whole

PERFORMA Susan Emerling on Performa in LA Times

PERFORMA Thank You for Your Support!! See You in 2011!! And “Let us leave good sense behind like a hideous husk and let us hurl ourselves, like fruit spiced with pride, into the immense mouth and breast of the world!” (Marinetti)

PERFORMA Performa 09 Shot by You!Please send us your favorite photographs from the biennial. The best shots will be posted and the winner will be rewarded with a 1-year Performa Membership.Mail photos to: madeleine@performa-arts.org

PERFORMA SUNDAY: LAST CALL!! Brody Condon! Froment and Dirkx! PS1! P.A.! and SCRATCH GRAND FINALE, everybody get tickets and dress up!! Lust is a FORCE and dining on radio WAVES!

PERFORMA TV

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PERFORMA SATURDAY: Final Weekend!! Santiago says NO! Plus Snorks, Parents, Panels, and Music for the BQE!

PERFORMA http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/performa-09-double-trouble/#more-44037

PERFORMA Loris Greaud's Concert for Creatures at Times Square

PERFORMA http://performa-arts.org/blog/arahmaiani/

PERFORMA "A lost astronaut went grocery shopping recently at Whole Foods on the Bowery"

PERFORMA Performa 09 Shot by You!

Please send us your favorite photographs from the biennial. The best shots will be posted and the winner will be rewarded with a 1-year Performa Membership.

Mail photos to:
madeleine@performa-arts.org