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608 Televideo Studios

608 Televideo Studios, Televisual studio for sound-based performances, Performa Biennial, October 2021


For an ephemeral passage, I took residence within the hollow chambers of a forsaken flagship retail citadel at 608 Fifth Ave, New York City, as part of the  Performa 21 Biennial. This erstwhile bastion of 20th-century commerce, now a relic adrift in the post-pandemic void, became my canvas for transformation—a metamorphosis into a dynamic broadcast studio where performance and sound intertwine, shattering the constraints of the televisual medium. The tele-set, transient in essence, takes on the guise of an ephemeral body, harnessing the immediacy of video, beckoning the televisual audience, and reimagining the concept of the "live" through the kaleidoscopic lens of multi-dimensionality.

In this spectral realm, virtual and tangible spaces meld seamlessly, forging an assemblage that transcends the confines of signal-space. Dynamic "sets" materialize and come alive, responding to operative cues such as dolly in, pan-left, zoom out, and more. The multi-floor escalators, resembling a metronome-clock, dictate the rhythm of the performance, while a cadre of futurist Intonarumori crafts a machinic symphony, echoing the mechanical cadence of the urban environment. A symphony co-composed with the Futurist Intonarumori by the esteemed Luciano Chessa accompanies this multisensory journey, threading through a site-specific installation and an expansive broadcast series. Together, these elements seek to transgress the boundaries of space and performance, beckoning viewers into a realm where historical echoes fuse with present-tense exploration, inviting them to traverse a fusion of resonant past and emergent present.


Exhibited : Commissioned by Performa Arts for the Performa Biennial, New York City, (US) 2021