Over the next 12 months, Performance Space 122 will leave our 30-year home temporarily while our building undergoes a much-needed interior transformation initiated and funded by the City of New York, the Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Council. Designed by Deborah Berke and Partners, renovations to the interior will be aimed at bringing the building up to meet current code requirements and LEED silver standards.
With new state-of-the-art flexible spaces, Performance Space 122 will be better positioned to truly become the leading mid-size presenter in New York City, presenting live performance at the highest level by local, national and international emerging and mid-career artists. The improvements to our capital infrastructure also afford PS122 an opportunity to develop a new business model that anticipates the needs of our audiences and community for the next 30 years and feeds their interests, curiosity and hunger for meaningful experiences. The new physical structure and strategic plan will enable Performance Space 122 to better support the work and the artists they present, and ensure that the institution and its work remains relevant, unexpected, and as boundary pushing as ever.Old School 122 BenefitAs a pre-show activity, Praxis offers exclusive tours through PS122 history and unseen spaces. Sarah Maxfield harvests memories after the shows and the party continues in the lounge til it's past everyone's bedtime.
Wednesday, June 22 // MCs: Julie Atlas Muz & David White. Performances by Jeff McMahon, John Fleck, the TEAM, Temporary Distortion, LeeSaar The Company, Yoshiko Chuma, Yvonne Meier, Penny Arcade, Nicky Paraiso. Music by Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth) and John Zorn.Now in it's 30th Anniversary Season, Performance Space 122 has been a hub for contemporary performance and an active member of the East Village, as well as the wider cultural community in N.Y.C. and across the globe. In just the past 5 years, under the curatorial vision of Artistic Director Vallejo Gantner, PS122 has opened the curtain on more than 2,500 performances, welcomed more than 125,000 visitors, and supported the work of more than 2,100 artists, performers, choreographers, playwrights, directors and designers.
Performance Space 122 passionately advocates for U.S. artists in New York and across globe. Our organization and the artists we present are reclaiming their relevance to wider social discourse by engaging artists, audiences and other community leaders in cultural, economic, and environmental debates about what it means to live in contemporary society. www.ps122.org
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