Samson Young, The Immortals. Commission for the Performa Biennial 2019 Photo: Eian Kantor
Performa, the performance art focused biennial in New York, announced today that it will be proceeding with its ninth edition this fall, though the city-wide showcase will be held entirely outdoors. The biennial will move to 12-31 October rather than its typical November dates in the hopes of milder weather.
“From the very start of the pandemic last March, we began imagining how best to use our knowledge and experience in producing performance to respond to completely unknown circumstances,” says Performa’s founder and director RoseLee Goldberg. Focussing on artists living and working in and around New York, “we looked at the history of actions by artists in the city that gave a sense of solidarity and inspiration to the art community after a particularly disastrous period for instance the Modern Procession by Francis Alÿs in 2002, just months after 9/11,” she