25.11.05
Bienal de performance
Art in America, Nov 2005 v93 i10 p41(2)
Performance biennial for NYC. (FRONT PAGE)
Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2005 Brant Publications, Inc.
Another new biennial has joined the international art circuit, but this one hasan unusual focus. Called Performa, the exhibition series is the brainchild ofRoseLee Goldberg, long known as a historian, critic and curator ofperformance-based art. Featuring more than 90 artists at some 20 museums,galleries and other spaces around Manhattan, the inaugural biennial takes placeNov. 3-21. Part of the motivation for creating this event, Goldberg said at apress conference, is that "performance has regularly been considered a sideshowat biennials, and its influence in the history of 20th-century art has beenpoorly understood." She emphasized that the participants are visual artists.Goldberg selected the artists herself, with the input of an advisory committeethat included, among others, Chrissie lies, Joan Jonas, William Kentridge,Meredith Monk, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lisa Phillips.The biennial has a budget of $400,000, though the presenting organizations haveseparate budgets for their events. Among the biennial's supporters are theHenry Buhl Foundation, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Jeanne GreenbergRohatyn, and various domestic and foreign government agencies.Ten new works will premiere during the biennial, including several commissionedfor the occasion by Jesper Just, Francis Alys, Christian Marclay, LaurieSimmons and Marina Abramovic. Among the other artists featured are Coco Fusco,Pierre Huyghe, Nina Katchadourian, Banks Violette, Bernar Venet, PabloHelguera, Sislej Xhafa, Jutta Koether and Ron Athey.Though most of the works are live performances, a number of them are film- or video-based. This raises the question of what exactly constitutes performance art, since many artists working with moving images are inspired by and makework specifically for the filmic medium. Goldberg says this ever-complex issuewill be addressed in a two-part symposium. Most of the events are free, exceptfor certain performances and those venues that normally charge admission, suchas The Kitchen and Anthology Film Archives. For information and a schedule ofevents, go to www.performa-arts.org.--
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Performance biennial for NYC. (FRONT PAGE)
Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2005 Brant Publications, Inc.
Another new biennial has joined the international art circuit, but this one hasan unusual focus. Called Performa, the exhibition series is the brainchild ofRoseLee Goldberg, long known as a historian, critic and curator ofperformance-based art. Featuring more than 90 artists at some 20 museums,galleries and other spaces around Manhattan, the inaugural biennial takes placeNov. 3-21. Part of the motivation for creating this event, Goldberg said at apress conference, is that "performance has regularly been considered a sideshowat biennials, and its influence in the history of 20th-century art has beenpoorly understood." She emphasized that the participants are visual artists.Goldberg selected the artists herself, with the input of an advisory committeethat included, among others, Chrissie lies, Joan Jonas, William Kentridge,Meredith Monk, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lisa Phillips.The biennial has a budget of $400,000, though the presenting organizations haveseparate budgets for their events. Among the biennial's supporters are theHenry Buhl Foundation, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Jeanne GreenbergRohatyn, and various domestic and foreign government agencies.Ten new works will premiere during the biennial, including several commissionedfor the occasion by Jesper Just, Francis Alys, Christian Marclay, LaurieSimmons and Marina Abramovic. Among the other artists featured are Coco Fusco,Pierre Huyghe, Nina Katchadourian, Banks Violette, Bernar Venet, PabloHelguera, Sislej Xhafa, Jutta Koether and Ron Athey.Though most of the works are live performances, a number of them are film- or video-based. This raises the question of what exactly constitutes performance art, since many artists working with moving images are inspired by and makework specifically for the filmic medium. Goldberg says this ever-complex issuewill be addressed in a two-part symposium. Most of the events are free, exceptfor certain performances and those venues that normally charge admission, suchas The Kitchen and Anthology Film Archives. For information and a schedule ofevents, go to www.performa-arts.org.--
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