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PRESENTATIONS/ CO-PRESENTATIONS

PERFORMA05 has been curated by a consortium of independent organizers and curators at New York's leading arts organizations. Each curator was invited to propose a program especially for PERFORMA05 that focused on performance by visual artists. Proposals were reviewed by PERFORMA's director and curatorial team, with the goal of providing a broad spectrum of opinion on contemporary performance in the visual arts. Some venues invited additional proposals from independent curators. With a total of 98 artists at more than 20 venues, PERFORMA05 reflects the selection of fourteen active curators.

This rare screening of a collection of his films includes I’m Too Sad To Tell You (1971); Fall ii, Amsterdam (1970); Untitled (Tea Party) (1972); and Untitled (Flowerwork) (1974), among others.

Dutch film-maker Rene Daalder presents his work in progress Here is Always Somewhere Else, a documentary on the life, death and influence of Bas Jan Ader. Daalder??™s film features the work of artists who have long expressed a fascination for BAS Jan Ader??™s work, including Charles Ray, Richard Serra, Tacita Dean, Marcel Broodthaers, Ger van Elk, Pipilotti Rist, and Rodney Graham among others. Along with never-before seen footage of Ader, interviews, and documentation, Rene Daalder reveals a complex portrait of Ader??™s work and his lasting legacy. He attempts to shed light on Ader??™s last work, his Search for the Miraculous, in which he disappeared at sea.

Presented by PERFORMA. Organized by Jay Sanders for PERFORMA05.