100 Years (version #2, ps1, nov 2009)
November 1, 2009—May 3, 2010
P.S.1 Contemporary Art
Center and Performa 09 announce
100 Years (version #2, ps1, nov 2009), an exhibition presenting influential moments
in the past century of performance art history. With over 200 works including film,
photography, documents, and audio, 100 years presents a wealth of information that is largely unknown and is intended as an
archive for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of the history of performance
art. A special presentation organized by Electronic Arts Intermix, a New
York-based nonprofit that is a leading resource for video art, will accompany
the exhibition. 100 Years is on view
in the Third Floor Main Gallery from November 1, 2009 through May 3, 2010.
Artists participating in the performance
art biennial Performa 09 are invited to contribute to the "living exhibition" nature
of 100 Years, by adding performances,
happenings, actions, and gestures that they consider influential to
their own artistic careers. These will be added to the exhibition and then
celebrated at a special event for the closing of Performa 09 from 3 - 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 22 at P.S.1.
Organized by P.S.1 and
Performa, a non-profit interdisciplinary arts organization committed to
presenting and researching performance art, 100 Years is presented on
the occasion of Performa 09, the third visual art performance biennial
happening November 1-22, 2009. This
exhibition was conceived as a research project that will travel
to other venues, including The Julia Stoschek Foundation in Germany, with content varying and
developing over time.
In conjunction with 100 Years, Electronic
Arts Intermix (EAI) has organized a special presentation 45 Years of
Performance Video from EAI. Featuring works from 1965 to the present, this
survey highlights over four decades of artists' performances created
specifically for video, from conceptual exercises of the late 1960s to new,
digitally-mediated performance narratives.
100 Years (version #2, ps1, nov 2009) is organized by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and Performa. The exhibition is curated by Klaus
Biesenbach, P.S.1 Chief Curatorial Advisor and MoMA Chief Curator of Media and
Performance Art; and RoseLee Goldberg, Performa Director and Curator;
with additional curatorial advice from Jenny Schlenzka, MoMA Assistant Curator
of Performance.
Special thanks to Kate McNamara, P.S.1 Curatorial Assistant; and Virginie
Bobin, Performa Curatorial Assistant.
The exhibition is made possible by the Annual
Exhibition Fund of P.S.1 Contemporary
Art Center
with generous support from the Julia Stoschek Foundation.