PERFORMA 09 is happening NOW

Asian Contemporary Art Week is a proud media sponsor of PERFORMA 09. 

Asian Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) invites you to the third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performances held in New York City from November 1 – 22, 2009. The three-week festival will showcase new work by over 100 international artists, including a number of cutting edge artists working both inside and outside of Asia.

Guy Ben-Ner, Rabih Mroué, Keren Cytter, Omer Fast, Tan Lin, Ahmet Ögüt, Yeondoo Jung, Shoval Zohar, Alexander Singh, Sung Hwan Kim, Nikhil Chopra, and Khatt Foundation,  

Performa 09’s innovative program will break down the boundaries between visual art, music, dance, poetry, fashion, architecture, film, television, radio, graphic design, and the culinary arts, presenting over 110 events. These events are presented in collaboration with a consortium of more than 80 arts institutions and 40 curators, as well as a network of public spaces and private venues across the city, PERFORMA 09 will ignite New York City with energy and ideas, acting as a vital “think tank” bringing audiences together for new performances, exhibitions, broadcasts, screening, installations and public education programs accross all displines.

For a complete list of participating venues and agenda, please see the calendar!

To learn more about PERFORMA, please visit at http://performa-arts.org/.