Mon, Oct 20, 12 pm
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The Biennial Hub is open every day from 12-8 pm during the biennial and is a welcoming temporary public space that will be the epicenter of the three-week program in downtown Manhattan.
Located at 424 Broadway, the 2025 Biennial Hub will be designed by Diller Scofiio + Renfro.
This marks the first collaboration between Performa and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, though the two previously worked alongside each other on SCL 2110 organized by Rodrigi Tisi in Chile in 2010. Over the years, RoseLee Goldberg has written about Diller Scofidio + Renfro and their impact on contemporary art and architecture. This shared history at the crossroads of architecture and performance makes the partnership a natural extension of their work.
The Hub will host performances, conversations, screenings, installations, and workshops throughout the Biennial, with a special focus on Performa Studio, a new program on dance conceived in collaboration with choreographers Moriah Evans and Isabel Lewis. Performa Studio transforms the Hub into a dynamic performance laboratory where movement and choreography intersect with visual art, architecture, and everyday life.
In 2007, Performa presented Dance After Choreography, and in 2011 it introduced Boris Charmatz’s Museum of Dance at the Performa 11 Hub, both affirming dance as a cornerstone of its programming. In 2025, with Performa Studio, it anchors the Biennial once again through dance. This new experimental program unfolds daily at the Hub and is fully open to the public.
Camille Henrot and RoseLee Goldberg discuss the artist’s forthcoming work Commedia dell’arte. Together they explore the inspirations behind Henrot’s hybrid performance, which spans the irrational rhythms of life under the gig economy to sixteenth-century Italian street theater, 1990s sitcoms, and animated cartoons.