PERFORMA07
10 PERFORMA Commissions / 90+ ARTISTS / 70+ VENUES / 20+ CURATORS / 5 PERFORMA Hot Spots / PERFORMA Radio / PERFORMA TV / NOT FOR SALE panel discussions / special PERFORMANCE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL program…
“A celebration of transience, a paean to you-had-to-be-there, a deep and exhilarating bow to we-have-only-now.”
–Holland Cotter, The New York Times
Named one of the Top Ten Art highlights of 2007 by New York Magazine!
“This fall, over 25 days and 95 events, [RoseLee Goldberg] pulled off another hit. Many extraordinary performances . . . ”
–Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine
“Unrivaled by any other event in the world (so far)!”
–Flavorpill
PERFORMA 07 took place at more than seventy venues across the city, allowing viewers to see the city of New York in utterly different ways, to discover new ideas, and to witness surprising reconstructions of older ones. From the remake of the original “Happening,” Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happening in 6 Parts, in a former boathouse in Queens, to a modern day Baptist Revival in the West Village; a revamping of The Rite of Spring on Broadway; a Long March–backwards–along Park Avenue; a punk rock musical featuring a fire-sparking animatronic dinosaur in the East Village; children giving haircuts to adults in Chinatown; hula-hoopers performing on the rooftops of the Lower East Side, and much more, PERFORMA 07 was hailed as a delirious and thought-provoking new biennial for New York City.
FOR MORE ABOUT PERFORMA07:
LOOK
Click here to see a Flickr photo album of select PERFORMA07 events
LISTEN
Click here to browse the WPS1 Art Radio archive of audio recordings from PERFORMA07
LEARN
Click here to read more about the 10 PERFORMA07 Commissions