LIVE NYC performance art events THIS WEEK (+ MORE)

Lisa Levy in performance at Christopher Stout Gallery this weekend, January 30-31st.

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We'll keep the small talk to a minimum this week so you can absorb, memorize and commit to viewing these incredible performances in NYC this weekend. Hope to see you around! - Quinn

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Thursday, January 28th

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Trauma salon : disorder & detachment
Panoply Performance Lab
104 Meserole St, Brooklyn, New York 11206
Suggested donation $5-20
8pm
Curated by Valerie Kuehne/The Super Coda: nostalgia is life-threatening. mercury retrograde is a real thing. how much more can you tolerate? how many systems have you recycled in your life?everything is necessary. more will be revealed. everyone's in love. everybody's terrified. we are a collective book; writing & editing each other, always. in such a way, we endlessly sustain.
Artists > Jon Konkol // Jeanann Dara // Karl Cooney // Thomas Bell // Valerie Kuehne & the Wasps Nests

LIVE PERFORMANCE and Exhibition Opening
Katya Grokhovsky, Touch It
SOHO20 Gallery
56 Bogart St, Brooklyn, New York 11206
7:30pm
The evolving installation Pleasure Principle, by Katya Grokhovsky, currently on view in +/- Project Space will culminate in an interactive public performance, in which the audience is given permission to touch, hold and caress the objects from the installation, transcending boundaries between the art and the observer. Through the act of permission, Grokhovsky will share the maker's privilege of accessing the work physically, as well as the experience of pleasure in making it, juxtaposing the visual pleasure of viewing versus physical experience of performative actions. Live Performance Response: Christen Clifford

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Saturday, January 30th

LIVE PERFORMANCE
Lisa Levy, The Artist Is Humbly Present, a 2-day durational performance
Christopher Stout Gallery, New York
299 Meserole Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11206
1-6pm (January 30-31st)
Referencing Marina Abramović's seminal 2010 performance at Moma, "The Artist is Present" as a symbol of contemporary art world pretense, Levy will recreate her own version of Marina Abramović's 2010 performance at Moma, "The Artist is Present" as her own "The Artist Is Humbly Present."

In her version, Levy will present herself completely naked, silent and sitting on a toilet. Across from her will be another toilet, which visitors may sit on across from her as in the original Abramović performance. That toilet will be presented lid closed with visitors responding to Lisa's performance however they wish, with the exception of touching her.

LIVE PERFORMANCE
Incessant by Mirland Terlonge
Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St, Brooklyn, New York 11232
2pm
Incessant… is an art performance that begins with being asked for a dance. Over 15 participants will take their turns on a hill in Green-Wood Cemetery. All will bear the weight of my body for a dance in a place full of rich history, life, and death.

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LIVE PERFORMANCES
TALKaCTIVE: Performance & Sound
Queens Museum
New York City Building ,Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York 11368
2pm
The first monthly TALKaCTIVE program dedicated to the discussion and exploration of various themes in Live Art, starts the new year with an event focusing on “Performance & Sound.” After spending several weeks presenting works and initiatives in South America, Hector Canonge resumes the presentation of the monthly performance art conversation series” at the Queens Museum.
Artists > Alex Romania // Brian McCorkle // Valerie Kuehne // Gregory Paul // Cory Bracken

LIVE PERFORMANCES
OŚĮRĮŚ <•> TRÅNSÎT ::: a VV/LD TØR∇S ritual
Torus__porta
113 Stockholm Street, Storefront 1A, Brooklyn, New York 11221
9pm
Join VV/LD TØR∇S Et Al for a Mid_Conscious Extrapolation of Non_Verbal Transmissions of Sacred Mysteries_Of_Osiris and Divine the Secret Influence of Homo_Capensis on the World_Of_Today
Artists> WILD TORUS // YOLTEOTLI • Kino and Ixtel • // Alex Romania // Mike Sidnam

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SHOUT OUT TO NON-NYC PERFORMANCE ART EVENTS this weekend >>>

Friday, January 29th
Performance Exhibition Opening
RE/DE/RE-Construction featuring Kledia Spiro
Nine Dot Gallery
763 Main St, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610
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Kledia Spiro (1987, Tirana, Albania) creates videos, performances, installations, and paintings. She uses Olympic Weightlifting as a symbol of survival, empowerment and celebration. Weightlifting becomes a vehicle for discussing women’s role in society, immigration and times of war.

Friday, January 29th - Sunday, January 31st
DURATION & DIALOGUE PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL/SYMPOSIUM
Katzman Contemporary
86 Miller Street, Toronto, Ontario M6N 2Z9

Katzman Contemporary is excited to announce its inaugural performance art festival, curated by Natasha Bailey, Dario Del Degan, and Johannes Zits. Duration & Dialogue welcomes 26 national and international artists to investigate the concept of “duration” through multifaceted artistic responses.