Events

The Anti-Artist Talk Series at Performa Institute

Youmna Chlala

November 15, 2011
 Performa Institute The Old School 233 Mott Street New York

In X cannot exist without Y, the tensions between body/space, performer/audience and private/public are dispersed in order to uncover the role of space in knowledge production. During this time of political and geographic shifts, body, language, memory and object are instrumental in the production knowledge. When we "make history", we carve out space. The audience and the artist will participate in a series of disruptive acts and sets of instructions. The product of these interactions will then be projected as way to propel us into the future.

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The Anti-Artist Talk Series – November 15
1:00 p.m. Fatima Al Qadiri and Khalid Al Gharaballi, Going Over
2:00 p.m. Abbas Akhavan, Phantom Head
3:00 p.m. Youmna Chlala, X Cannot Exist Without Y

Part of "The Anti-Artist Talk Series" Presented by ArteEast at the Performa Institute. In this series of talks artists explore a theme tangential to their own work in an attempt to dismantle the predominance and formulaic structure of the conventional artist talk. Curated by Barrak Alzaid, Artistic Director ArteEast

About Performa 11
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 40 arts institutions and 25 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.
 
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). www.performa-arts.org