Photo by Peter Moore
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
On the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Judson dancer and Warhol superstar Fred Herko, this one-day event will feature a range of interdisciplinary thinkers exploring and experimenting with how we read the life and work of one of New York’s most iconic queer performers. Using archival photographs of Herko as a point of departure, speakers have been invited to think broadly about how we teach and write queer performance histories, as well as how we might differently attend to the lives of performers - those crucial though often fleeting figures who remain primarily in the ways they appear scattered throughout the archives of others. A range of opportunities will be available for “course” attendees to ask questions and to experiment with their own reading of Herko’s life. The day begins with a welcome reception and the opportunity to explore some of the archival materials and existing scholarship related to Herko. Immediately following the symposium we will celebrate the opening of an exhibition of the archival photographs at the Emily Harvey Foundation, launching a weeklong series of events celebrating Herko’s life. For information on the “course” visit fredherko.tumblr.com, for information on the week of events curated by Gerard Forde visit freddieherko.com.
Featuring work by:
Gerard Forde
Marc Siegel
Danielle Goldman
Heather Love
Richard Move
Ara Osterweil
Julia Robinson
Jack Ferver, with Reid Bartleme
Andy Warhol
Presented by:
The Department of Performance Studies (NYU)
The Goethe-Institut New York
The Tisch Institute for Creative Research
Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory
The New York Performing Artists Collective