Posts tagged NYU

Why Dance in the Art World?

Photographs by Paula Court

By Jennifer Piejko

Elmgreen & Dragset on Artistic Intelligence and Cultural Olympiads

Interview by Defne Ayas


Earlier this year, Performa’s Curator-at-Large Defne Ayas interviewed Elmgreen & Dragset for China’s Modern Weekly. Ayas asked the collaborators what makes a great idea, how they define artistic genius and how they met (at a gay bar). This initial interview was expanded on the occasion of the second performance of their Performa 11 Commission, Happy Days in the Art World, which takes place on November 3rd, 2011, at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.