Mondays @ 16Beaver: November 12

Artificial Boundaries “reBREAKing the Wall”
video/performance/installation/presentation/discussion
Monday, November 12. 7 pm
16 Beaver St, 5th Fl
Free and Open to all

See website for more info:
http://www.16beavergroup.org/monday/

This year we considered producing, organizing, or hosting something for the current Performa biennial. We thought of several possible responses, potentially a series of questions about New York and conditions of possibility that extend out from the way that performance could be considered in light of real estate, present necessity of commodifiable cultural production, non-profit industrial complex, etc. Essentially why is it now necessary to commission and stimulate via biennial the type of activity that used to occur in self-organized and non-institutionally sanctioned venues? We thought of possibly using the opportunity to point to things outside performance which it intersects with. Although the idea made sense, we decided that if the desire existed for such an event to be organized we would do it without having to make it a part of the program.

It seems the desire was there, since somehow, through some chance, we are hosting such an event, but fortunately, instead of talking about why these kinds of works/performances are not taking place in self-organized venues today -- we have the great fortune of meeting Karen Hakobyan and Haroutioun Simonian and hosting an event that will be part discussion part performance part situation.