Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

An exploration of contemporary performance

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Fortress Inside a City

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Fortress Inside a City

Writer-in-Residence Anna Tome explores the work of Russian artist Petr Pavlensky whose demanding performance pieces recontextualize government spaces by mimicking the violence of the state.

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Glitter and Chains

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Glitter and Chains

Marissa Perel reviews Carlos Maria Romero and Juan Betancurth’s performance at Abrons Arts Center.

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A Brief History of Sacrifice

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A Brief History of Sacrifice

Columnist Marissa Perel considers the lives of four women who “emerged from a modernist, male-centered art world” and “redefined studio art.”

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Of Consequence: Santiago Sierra’s “Veterans” at Team Gallery

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Of Consequence: Santiago Sierra’s “Veterans” at Team Gallery

Santiago Sierra’s third solo exhibition at Team Gallery, Veterans, displays nine photographs of war veterans standing in corners.

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Speaking Truth to Culture: An Interview with Czech Curator Zuzana Štefková

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Speaking Truth to Culture: An Interview with Czech Curator Zuzana Štefková

Columnist Marissa Perel visits Czech curator Zuzana Štefková, “known for her challenging curatorial projects that work across religious, ethnic, and social divides.”

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“Art Is What You Can Get Away With”: Intervening Warhol with Miguel Gutierrez

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“Art Is What You Can Get Away With”: Intervening Warhol with Miguel Gutierrez

Marissa Perel interviews choreographer Miguel Gutierrez following his performance-slash-guided tour of “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Toward a Possible Body: An Interview with Emily Roysdon

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Toward a Possible Body: An Interview with Emily Roysdon

Marissa Perel speaks with Emily Roysdon about her recent performance at the Tate Modern, and her participation in MoMA’s first annual performance symposium.

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Gimme Shelter | Infiltrating the MoMA Atrium, Part 1: An Interview with Ralph Lemon on the Curation of “Some sweet day”

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Gimme Shelter | Infiltrating the MoMA Atrium, Part 1: An Interview with Ralph Lemon on the Curation of “Some sweet day”

Marissa Perel talks to Ralph Lemon about the series “Some sweet day,” which was shown in the MoMA’s atrium from October 15 to November 4th, 2012.

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Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall, Part 2: Archive of a Deluge

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall, Part 2: Archive of a Deluge

Marissa Perel surveys the damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy, and details the local relief efforts of Occupy Sandy and other local ad hoc groups to provide aid.

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Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall Part 1: Archive of a Deluge

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall Part 1: Archive of a Deluge

Marissa Perel surveys a number of recent performance works taking place in and around Brooklyn.

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Gimme Shelter | Annual Report

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Gimme Shelter | Annual Report

As “Gimme Shelter” celebrates its one-year anniversary, columnist Marissa Perel reflects on highlights from her past twelve months of performance coverage.

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Movement Research Festival Spring 2012: Push It. Real. Good. Recap

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Movement Research Festival Spring 2012: Push It. Real. Good. Recap

Marissa Perel recaps the Movement Research Festival held in NYC, a four-day event that explored contemporary dance, performance and related media.

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Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 2

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 2

The second of a two-part conversation between Marissa Perel and Whitney Biennial artist Dawn Kasper.

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Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 1

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 1

The first of a two-part conversation between Marissa Perel and Whitney Biennial artist Dawn Kasper.

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Gimme Shelter | Talking with Sarah Michelson about “Devotion Study #1” at the Whitney Biennial

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Gimme Shelter | Talking with Sarah Michelson about “Devotion Study #1” at the Whitney Biennial

Sarah Michelson discusses the ideas and concepts leading her to create Devotion Study #1, a dance developed specifically for the Whitney Biennial.

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Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

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Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

Perel reviews “Wicked Clown Love” and “Counterfeit Scenario,” two performances presented at the Kitchen earlier this month.

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Gimme Shelter | APAP 2012: Time Is Empty and Everything Is Real

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Gimme Shelter | APAP 2012: Time Is Empty and Everything Is Real

Perel reports on four highlight performances from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference that took place January 6-10, 2012.

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Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1

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Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1

Perel considers the complex array of issues arising from the exhibition “Clifford Owens: Anthology” on view at MoMA PS1.

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Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial

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Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial

If moribund is defined as an adjective for that which is approaching death or obsolescence, then perhaps it is the best word to describe my experience of Performa’s last week. This …

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Gimme Shelter | Performa 2011: Performance Art Is Dead. Long Live Performance Art!

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Performa 2011: Performance Art Is Dead. Long Live Performance Art!

November brings with it the sweeping Performa 2011 Biennial, filling theaters, galleries, churches and plazas across New York City. This is the fourth Biennial to date, and the most far-reaching, ambitious …

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Gimme Shelter | Exorcising the Post-Democratic Body

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Exorcising the Post-Democratic Body

At St. Mark’s Church in New York City, the home of Danspace Project, Jeremy Wade performed fountain. With the house lights on, Wade stumbled along the carpeted edge of the church floor, …

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Gimme Shelter | Full Frontal

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Full Frontal

I am on my way to New York, but not before finding Exercises for Rebel Artists: Radical Performance Pedagogy by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes delivered to my door on my last …

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Gimme Shelter | No Future

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | No Future

I didn’t know I’d go to film for the second post of this performance art column, but here’s a surprise. Miranda July’s The Future. That’s right, a performance within a …

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It’s About Time: Gimme Shelter, A New Column on Performance Now

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

It’s About Time: Gimme Shelter, A New Column on Performance Now

In an interview for Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger described the 1969 hit “Gimme Shelter” as a song about apocalypse, about the end of the world. He channeled the rage of …