Performance Art Reviews

They Brought the House Down

February 3, 2026
By Austen Villacis
Redrawing the Rancho at the Rowland Mansion
City of Industry, California

Artists insisted on cutting through nostalgia to force the audience to grapple with the many realities of the house.

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I Feel Very Attacked!

December 23, 2025
By Francis Whorrall-Campbell
Part of PULSE at ICA, London
London, United Kingdom

Biogal exposes the seemingly self-evident logics of sex and the art institution as an aesthetic of bareness that requires its own artful response.

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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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