Various locations
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Candice Breitz, Twins compilation, Courtesy the artist and Performa
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Nov 1, 2009 – Nov 22, 2009
Daily
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Various prices
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Performa, a biennial of new visual art performance, returns to New York for its third edition at venues throughout the city for three weeks this month. Eleven new commissions and six New York premieres are featured in the three-week program, while the biennial kicks off with a unique food event that's billed as an installation-cum-happening. Blurring the boundaries between visual art, music, dance, and other media, more than 150 international artists are participating in more than 110 events at an array of public and private sites. Commission standouts include Mike Kelley's performances based on high-school yearbook photos of extra-curricular activities; Candice Breitz's presentation of identical twins improvising the same script on duplicate sets; Arto Lindsay's multidisciplinary parade down a city street with more than 50 dancers and performers using cell phones as musical instruments; Yeondoo Jung's mix of a live magic show with a cinematic interpretation of it; and Christian Tomaszewski's construction of a giant space-suit sculpture that houses a fashion show inspired by the Soviet space program and sci-fi films.
