4th Performa 11
01 - 21 Nov 2011
New Visual Art Performance Biennial
1-21 November, 2011
Performa 11, the fourth edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance presented by Performa, will be held in New York City from November 1–21, 2011. The three-week biennial will showcase new work by more than 100 of the most exciting artists working today, in an innovative program breaking down the boundaries between visual art, music, dance, poetry, fashion, architecture, graphic design, and the culinary arts. Presented in collaboration with a consortium of more than 50 arts institutions and over 50 curators, as well as a network of public spaces and private venues across the city, Performa 11 will ignite New York City with energy and ideas, acting as a vital “think tank” linking minds across the five boroughs and bringing audiences together for brilliant new performances in all disciplines.
Founded by RoseLee Goldberg in 2004, Performa is the leading 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 launched New York’s first performance biennial, Performa 05, in 2005, followed by Performa 07 (2007), and Performa 09 (2009).
Artists:
Abbas Akhavan
Julieta Aranda and Carlos Motta
Robert Ashley
Tyler Ashley
Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, and James Richards
Tarek Atoui
Elena Bajo
Eleanor Bauer
Nils Bech, Sergei Tcherepnin, and Bendik Giske
Juan Betancurth
Justin Vivian Bond
iona rozeal brown
Jonathan Burrows and Mateo Fargion
Gerard Byrne
Asli Çavuşoğlu
Boris Charmatz
Spartacus Chetwynd
Youmna Chlala
Otomo Yoshihide and Christian Marclay
Jace Clayton
Will Cotton
Melanie Crean
VJ Demencia (René Juan de la Cruz-Napoli)
Elmgreen & Dragset
Tamar Ettun
Jack Ferver with Michelle Mola
Simon Fujiwara
Rainer Ganahl
Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, Ashley Hunt, Katya Sander, and David Thorne
Liz Glynn
Bibbe Hansen
Trajal Harrell
Pablo Helguera
Stewart Home
Mika Rottenberg and Jon Kessler
Fatima Al Qadiri and Khalid al Gharaballi
Ben Kinmont
Ragnar Kjartansson
Milan Knížák
Alison Knowles in collaboration with Jessica Higgins and Joshua Selman
Hari Kunzru
Liz Magic Laser
L’Encyclopédie de la parole
Guy Maddin
Antonio Manuel
Ursula Mayer
Tom McCarthy
Dennis McNulty
Jonathan Meese
Nathaniel Mellors
Andrei Monastyrski
Laurent Montaron
Daido Moriyama
MPA
Shelly Nadashi
Laurel Nakadate and James Franco
Shirin Neshat
Rashaad Newsome
Club Nutz (Tyson and Scott Reeder)
Dennis Oppenheim
Alison O’Daniel
Mai-Thu Perret
Maria Petschnig
Marie-Claire Picher
Michael Portnoy
Public Movement
Lili Reynaud-Dewar
robbinschilds
Athi-Patra Ruga
Dina Seiden
Doug Skinner
Michael Smith
Frances Stark
Eric Steen
Matthew Stone
Christine Sun Kim
Mateo Tannatt
Zefrey Throwell
Naama Tsabar
Wu Tsang
Masha Tupitsyn
Guido van der Werve
Nicoline van Harskamp
Jonathan VanDyke
Varispeed
Marianne Vitale
Philip von Zweck
Laurence Wagner
Bedwyr Williams
Ming Wong
Zhou Xiaohu
Raphaël Zarka