Advancing the visibility, legacy, and scholarship of artists working in performance.

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High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)

2025–2027
A multi-institutional initiative dedicated to High Performance, the Los Angeles-based magazine that was the first international art publication devoted exclusively to performance art, and its enduring influence on contemporary art and society.
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Commissioned Reviews From Around the World

The Life of the Party

November 29, 2025
By Neha Choksi
LAX Micro Fest 2025 at Pieter Performance Space
Los Angeles, California

The messy friction of a good party was achieved, even if questions remain.

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Rupture’s Potential: Blessed with Switch

October 24, 2025
By Danielle Ross
Asher Hartman and Jasmine Orpilla at the Time-Based Art Festival
Portland, Oregon

She stutters and spits, wrestling with each syllable. A linguistic motor is erupting inside of her, driving continuous speech. Text and signifiers appear as a dualistic avalanche, an unnatural fit in this body.

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The Juice of Woman: The Mommy Leaks the Floor

September 14, 2025
By Nancy Popp
Asher Hartman at New Theater Hollywood
Los Angeles, California

Within a black lace–slipped theatrical space—itself a historical body—a staggering quasi-human enters stage left, fronting enormous, buoyant, transparent mammary glands, groaning and slowly sloshing toward the balcony stairs before collapsing with a guttural groan in seeming exhaustion, leaking her juices and fluids.

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