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Performa Projects are commissions that enable artists to create new work that is generally more eclectic, experimental, and process-centered, sometimes providing more intimate experiences and inviting a closer look at the expanded mechanics of performance.
Dress rehearsal: November 10 at 7pm
Performance: November 11 at 6pm
Robertas Narkus’s project expands his ongoing exploration of virtual worlds, the performed self, and the multiplicity of identities shaped by social media and urban life in New York. Building on earlier works such as Prospect Revenge (2018-ongoing), which navigated the intersections of publicity, spectacle, and community. Narkus’s performance unfolds as a sprawling, scripted scenario.
Upon entering the Performa Hub, guests are invited to enter the labyrinth beneath the ground level, a point-of-view maze experience, much like a video game, destined for the nerve center of the game’s creator who takes participants on an exploration of the cognitive landscape, the paradoxical, and the uncertainties of a virtual world.
This performance is presented as part of the Lithuanian Pavilion Without Walls for the Performa 2025 Biennial and organized in collaboration with the Lithuanian Culture Institute. It is co-presented by the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, New York, and Rupert Center for Art in Vilnius.
Sincere thanks to Dmitrijus Borisenka, Gražina Michnevičiūtė, Al Jokwa, Lithuania Cultural Institute, The Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Ilma Nausėdaitė and Ignas Rubežius, Rytis Paulauskas and Rūta Paulauskienė, and Linda Yang.