PERFORMA PRESENTS STAGING LANGUAGE UPCOMING NOT FOR SALE PANEL Featuring artists Adam Pendleton, Frances Stark, and writer Tom McCarthy Moderated by Mark Beasley, Performa Curator

Monday, March 28, 2011, 6:30 pm Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square, Lower Level 1 New York City Tickets are FREE. Seating is limited. RSVP notforsale@performa-arts.org

For Performa's upcoming Not For Sale panel, Staging Language, artists Adam Pendleton, Frances Stark, and writer Tom McCarthy will present projects that stage language in material form and ask, "What is borrowed from performance in this work?" Staging Language is also the first in a series of Not For Sale panels leading up to Performa 11, and will discuss one of the key research themes of the biennial, Language, Translation, and Misinformation. Introduced and moderated by Performa curator Mark Beasley. Adam Pendleton will speak on his Performa 07 Commission The Revival (2007), which employed the ecstatic language of gospel, and his recent video, The Band (2010), a film constructed in the manner of a text. Frances Stark will discuss how she pulls snippets from literature, pop songs, and her own writing to rearticulate them in posters, publications, and theatrical lectures. Tom McCarthy will discuss his involvement with the International Necronautical Society, founded by the writer in 1999, which "inhabits and appropriates a variety of art forms and cultural movements," as well as his novels including Remainder (Vintage, 2007). Co-hosted by NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions and The School of Art at The Cooper Union. About Not For Sale Not For Sale is an ongoing public education series presented by Performa that features artists, authors, curators, and critics discussing current issues in performance and new media, and the related task of writing about art and artists whose work encompasses several disciplines at once. For more information, . Image: Vanesse Thomas, Adam Pendleton, and Renee Neufville in The Revival, 2007. Photo copyright Paula Court. Courtesy of Performa.

ABOUT PERFORMA Performa, a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization established by RoseLee Goldberg in 2004, is dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth century art and to encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first century. In 2005 Performa launched New York’s first performance biennial, Performa 05, followed by Performa 07 (2007), and Performa 09 (2009). In 2011, Performa will present its fourth biennil, Performa 11 (November 1-20, 2011). STAY CONNECTED! Become a fan on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Performa TV Get Involved   ABOUT NYU STEINHARDT DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART PROFESSIONS Located in New York's legendary East Village, NYU Steinhardt's Department of Art and Art Professions is closely tied to the international art world. The department's interdisciplinary approach to art, with its commitment to autonomy and experimentation as well as research, collaboration, and community practice, underscores the central role of visual art within contemporary culture.  Offering B.F.A., M.F.A., M.A., and Advanced Certificate programs in Studio Art, as well as M.A. Programs in Art Education, Visual Arts Administration, Art Therapy, and Costume Studies. ABOUT THE COOPER UNION The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a distinguished private college of art, architecture and engineering founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper, an inventor, industrialist and philanthropist. Since its founding, all admitted students have received full-tuition scholarships.

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