THE
PERFORMANCE
AGENCY

The Performance Agency is dedicated to the curation and production of site-specific performance formats. Since its initiation in 2017, it has been informed by the artistic esprit of the avant-gardes at the origins of performance art. In a firm belief in the transformative powers of art, The Performance Agency lives in a continuation of their energies—uniting artists from all fields to create collective spaces of experience that draw our attention to interstices, to the inexplicable, to the beauty of the everyday.

In the first two years, The Performance Agency curated the public program of the Archivio Conz, a collection of more than 3 000 works by late 20th century avant-garde artists collected and produced by Italian publisher and collector Francesco Conz, and developed its signature format: carefully staged performances that allow audiences to traverse a world of imagination. The combination of historical references and an attentive orientation towards the future continues to guide the work.

With studios in Berlin, Paris, Geneva and Vienna, the organisation has since become a vital organism, curating projects in collaboration with international institutions and artists to produce a wide array of formats, from public programs to performative dinners, music albums and artist videos.

The Performance Agency is supported by the aws Austria Wirtschaftsservice.

Lara Dâmaso ‘Rêverie’ during Another Map to Nevada, Biel/Bienne 2023.
Photo by Reto Schmid. 

TEAM

Yael Salomonowitz

Creative Director

yael@performanceagency.biz

Lily Matras

Associate Director

lily@performanceagency.biz

        Katya Hudson
        Research & Studio Manager
        katya@performanceagency.biz

        Ieva K
        Production
        info@performanceagency.biz
       
       Adele Galli
       Studio Assistant
       office@performanceagency.biz


       

Photo by Reto Schmid in collaboration with Amadeus Vogelsang and
Robin Brass for Another Map to Nevada Berlin 2020.