NOT FOR SALE: Ideal Performance Space

What is the ideal performance space for 21st century New York? This session will be dedicated to the discussion and speculation of what defines a performance space. It will examine past examples of performance spaces--whether deliberately designed or spontaneously invaded--and where they have succeeded and or failed. We will look at historical examples of arenas, from the Greek and Roman stages to experimental spaces such as Frederick Kiesler's flexible theater to contemporary constructs such as Zaha Hadid's Mobile Art container. The class may also discuss philosophical notions of space conveyed by different artistic movements such as Russian Constructivism or Modernism and how these ideas affected and continue to affect performance spaces and visual arts in general, performance in particular. By utilizing the Public School platform, and as an exciting installment in the Performa's NOT FOR SALE series, NOT FOR SALE: IDEAL PERFORMANCE SPACE brings together professionals in architecture to understand the complex issues involved in the development and presentations of visual art performance.