13/08/2024
Season 6, Episode 3 of Art Is… a podcast for artists.
In this episode we’re joined by , a groundbreaking performance artist based in Brooklyn, NY, and the founding artistic director of PerformVu.
Join us as we explore Asia’s creative origins and discover how her academic background at Harvard and Cambridge, studying government and sociology, along with her experience in theater, musical theater, and opera, uniquely informs her practice of performance art.
Her work seeks to physicalize abstract concepts related to race, gender, and sexuality.
Asia creates evening-length performances and duration works lasting hours or days, exploring the afterlife of colonial and patriarchal violence.
In an open dialogue, Asia, Lauryn, and Isotta discuss the development of Asia’s performance work and her early innovative use of digital participation from the audience.
Asia also introduces us to PerformVu, “the netflix for performance art” and discusses how the platform addresses the often overlooked challenges performance artists face in sharing their work online, including issues of discoverability and compensation.
Go check out the full episode now on all streaming platforms!