Nicolás Dumit Estévez / For Art’s Sake, 2004-2007 / Photo: Ka-Man Tse / Courtesy of Nicolás
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The Second Annual Performa Telethon is a tribute to the radical artists of New York and the streets we all inhabit. New York City: Forever Radical embraces the televisual space pioneered by Nam June Paik, with three hours of live performances, biennial previews, and a time-travelling remix of media innovations by New York City artists. Our dynamic host for the evening is Wildcat Ebony Brown who will welcome downtown legends. My Barbarian, Lee Ranaldo and the Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners with Luciano Chessa, Narcissister, Michelle Handelman and John Kelly, as well as Vuyo Sotashe, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles and Jeanette Andrews, all joining us to help raise essential funds for future artist commissions. Join the fun—Watch incredible video material from the archives of television-art pioneer Jaime Davidovich of Cable Soho fame, and Courtney Harmel, who captured the 1980-1984 New York art and performance scene, rare footage of Mr. Fashion and Joey Arias, video works by Constance DeJong, and tributes to Barbara Ess and Gretchen Bender. Presented in collaboration with director, artist, and Broadcast Director Victoria Keddie.
Special guest Chloe Wise will want you to be ready to call in to 212-366-5700 or text PERFORMA to 44-321 to make your gift. When you pledge your donation, choose from a variety of special Telethon premiums such as editions by Ericka Beckman an dSara Cwynar, as well as rare ephemera from the Performa Vaults such as Barbara Kruger’ss kate deck, Don’t Be A Jerk,from her 2017 Performa Commission.
Your generous support means everything to the artists of the Performa 2021 Biennial and the next one. Thank you!
Performa’s three-week biennial program will be accompanied by PERFORMA RADIO: THE CITY SPEAKS, a live radio series from Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center; PERFORMA TV: FOREVER RADICAL, a program of artist projects and live, made-for-broadcast performances on the biennial website; ARTIST INTERVIEWS, twenty-minute, in-depth video conversations with each of the eight Performa 2021 Biennial artists; and LIVE STREAMING of the entire Performa 2021 Biennial, which for the first time in its sixteen-year history will be open to the public free of cost and viewable on www.performa2021.org
Tune in for additional live broadcasts from the Performa TV Studio on October 15, 20 and 27 from 7pm-10pm.