In December 2016, Danspace Project and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s Department of Media and Performance Art collaborated on an unprecedented Research Residency with artist Simone Forti, on the occasion of MoMA’s acquisition of Forti’s Dance Constructions (1961).… Read more
by Judy Hussie-Taylor Danspace Project Executive Director & Chief Curator While designing Danspace Project’s Platform series in 2008, I knew I wanted to work with artists as curators to formally frame relationships between artists of different generations. That’s where, I… Read more
Graduate programs do not usually have students write briefly and fast. So Robert Hullot-Kentor, wise chair of the School of Visual Arts’ Critical Theory and the Arts department, suggested I take those CTA members stuck in New York over… Read more
What web of connections do generations of artists trace? Who are their influences? Since 2012 we have explored artistic constellations and lineages by asking each artist to share a significant artistic influence. Douglas Dunn writes in response to our prompt,… Read more
Danspace Project’s Lost & Found Platform continues! Through our partnership with SFMOMA’s Open Space (organized by Claudia La Rocco), San Francisco’s CounterPulse will host a West Coast discussion and screening event on Saturday, February 4th from 2-6pm. “We are… Read more
https://theghostlightproject.com/ DANSPACE PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GHOSTLIGHT PROJECT To create a “Light” for dark times ahead, and to make, or renew a pledge to stand for and protect the values of inclusion, participation, and compassion for everyone regardless for race,… Read more
Eiko & Ishmael Houston-Jones in Precarious #2, March 2016. Photo by Ian Douglas. Support the Creation Fund! Join us today and keep trailblazing ideas on the move at Danspace Project -where the unprecedented Platform series, visionary artists, and new commissions engage and activate… Read more
by Alex Fialho For our purposes, this catalogue has to a greater or lesser extent been shaped by the aesthetics of the zine. We offer a tumble of texts and images from our generous contributors—reprints, originals, poems, photos… Read more
An Oral History with David Yarritu 11/14/2016 by Svetlana Kitto I had been in New York for about a year when I met Max. He was my boyfriend for four years, from 1984–’88, when he died of AIDS.… Read more
by Alex Fialho “What happens to health care, housing, culture and other basic needs for survival after inauguration?” Curator and organizer Ted Kerr projected this and many other pressing questions during his presentation for Danspace Project’s Platform 2016:… Read more