Artists niv Acosta, Malik Gaines, Lyle Ashton Harris, and Alexandro Segade, in collaboration with their students in Art and Performance Studies, present a miniature performance festival in the store windows on Broadway and 10th Street. Drawing on the ideas proposed by the window space – commerce, surveillance, and spectacle – the project offers a range of actions related to living, working, and public display. The difficult distinction between public and private is tested in quotidian actions and formal performances that reflect the increasing visibility of contemporary life.
NYU student artists and performers come from Lyle Ashton Harris' and niv Acosta's "Performance and Media" class in Department of Art and Art Professions in the Steinhardt School, and from Malik Gaines' "Performance of Everyday Life" course in Department of Performance Studies in Tisch School of the Arts; Alexandro Segade's students are part of the course "Performance Mediation" in the MFA Studio Art program at Hunter College, CUNY. The themes of these course come together in this ambitious intermural collaborative event.
Featuring: niv Acosta, Lilli Biltucci, Alison Kiss Blair, David Bologna, Shannen Nicole Burton, Christine Choe, Olivia Chou, Patrick Costello, Sarah Creagen, Theresa Daddezio, Marisa Espat, Tim Foley, Malik Gaines, Georgia Galvin, William Garden, Catalina Granados, Lyle Ashton Harris, Rachel Hillery, Celina Huynh, Moni Ilupeju, Carter Johnson, Marta Murray, Elizabeth Naiden, Michelle O'Connell, Ruth Ofrasio, Naomi Piperno, Becky Rosen, Alexandro Segade, Hadar Seminara, Stewart Stout, Molly Taylor, Aarlene Vielot, Ryan Waller, Daniel Walsh, Molly Watermanm, Wai Ying Zhao, and Julie Zhu.
Commissioned by Nicola Lees.
