A PERMIT, TO PERMIT
24h Performance Program
Saturday & Sunday July 19- 20, 10a-10p
A meditation on permission- A Permit, To Permit is a 24 hour performance art program featuring durational performance works and ephemeral installations. This program is part of Upstate Art Weekend 2025
Free and open to the public. RSVP is highly recommended
Participating Artists: Spencer Tunick & Emma Shapiro, Tamar Ettun, Jocelyn Beausire, Hannes Egger, Immanuel J,
Organized by Lital Dotan
A 24h performance program that straddles the performativity of the word ‘permit' in its double meaning- as a bureaucratic document and as permission, evoking opposite approaches, gestures, processes and conclusions.
Remedy is a participatory photographic installation by artist-photographer Spencer Tunick with text written by artist and activist Emma Shapiro. Shapiro uses the language of Tunick’s iconic group photography to ponder our role in the spread of misinformation – as individuals, and as the larger group organism that ultimately shapes our shared reality. Learn more about the project, or witness the video documentation during program hours.
Two Red Creatures and the Moon are hanging sculptures created by Tamar Ettun for Sally Silvers’ dance piece, You Better (2025), inspired by Enheduanna, the world's first known author from ancient Mesopotamia. The works reference an ancient relief depicting Enheduanna, who composed poetry dedicated to the moon goddess, Nanna. The moon sculpture bears Enheduanna's name written in Sumerian. The sculptures, hanging in the air, constantly move in response to movements.
Jocelyn Beausire presents a durational performance titled Shed (Exercise 1: An Unsettling), a meditation on American ruralism in which the shed unsettles itself.
Hannes Egger presents May I? prompting questions with/in the ruin, and guiding audience into moving between past and future, where we encounter all kinds of beings.
Immanuel J. presents Suga’N’Tanks, a participatory performance that includes cane sugar, oil, and recitation.