Thu, Nov 6, 6 pmVilla Albertine
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The Biennial Consortium is a selective network of New York City’s leading art and cultural institutions that join Performa every two years to present and support performances and exhibitions across the city. First established with the inaugural Performa Biennial in 2005, the Consortium has remained at the heart of the biennial, setting the stage for citywide partnerships that highlight New York’s status as the performance capital of the world every other November.
As Performa marks its 20th anniversary in 2025, the Consortium reflects both the creative history of the city and its living legacy of radical performance. Since the 1950s and 60s, New York has been the meeting point for artists across disciplines who have shaped the international avant-garde, and the Consortium continues to carry that spirit forward.
This year, the network expands with new partners—including Americas Society and Come Forever Garage—while also welcoming back long-standing collaborators such as Asia Society and Metrograph. Together, these institutions affirm performance’s vital role in shaping cultural dialogue and collective imagination.
On November 6, 2025, join Villa Albertine and Dark Euphoria for a unique event spotlighting new forms of creativity at the intersection of performance, dance, theater, music and immersive technologies, as part of Novembre Numérique.
With Novembre Numérique, the Institut français and the French cultural network abroad honor digital cultures of all forms each year. In 2024, this large-scale international event was held both on-site and online in more than 70 countries and 130 cities.
Co-produced by Villa Albertine, the Institut français, and Albertine Foundation, in collaboration with Dark Euphoria, Nocturne Immersion will celebrate immersive visionary creation, connecting French and American leaders and artists from the contemporary and digital art worlds.
Get ready to view presentations of groundbreaking works and performances, listen to engaging discussions, and speak with industry professionals over cocktails!
This event will additionally unveil the 2025-2026 laureates of the French Immersion Grants for U.S. Cultural Institutions, an initiative designed to empower the next generation of immersive creators in the US.
Schedule
6:00 PM | Opening Remarks by Mohamed Bouabdallah, Cultural Counselor of France and Director of Villa Albertine (Open to the public)
Discover the 2025-2026 laureates of the French Immersion Grants for US Cultural Institutions.
6:15 PM | Panel Discussion
Crossing Realities – Opportunities and Challenges in Immersive Performing Arts
At a time when immersive technologies are redefining live performance, this panel brings together artists, curators, and technologists to explore new creative territories. What is the artistic potential of these hybrid forms? What technical, ethical, and curatorial challenges do they raise? This transatlantic dialogue will explore the future of expanded, tech-integrated performances.
Featuring:
7:15 PM | Performance by NSDOS (Open to the public)
NSDOS (aka Kirikoo Des / Koo Des) is a French artist working at the crossroads of dance, music, hacking, and biology. A former Villa Albertine resident in New Orleans, he creates hybrid works that blend code, the body, and the environment to explore and disrupt systems through artistic experimentation.
This new performance, developed during his residency, features real-time choreography and live coding based on the artist’s own biological data (metabolism, enzymes, epigenetics). It explores the concept of double corporeality, the biological and the expressive body, as the artist uses live coding to turn invisible rhythms of life into a shared, sensory, and collective experience.
7.35 PM | Cocktail Reception
Organized by Villa Albertine, in collaboration with Dark Euphoria, and with the support of the Institut français (Paris), Unifrance, and Albertine Foundation.
