NYPAC

NYPAC, the New York Performance Artists Collective, was an organization dedicated to advancing the production, accessibility, and scholarship of performance and intermedia art. NYPAC was conceived in 2013 by Fabian Bernal and Samuel Draxler, and it ceased operations in 2017.

Over three years of continuous programming, NYPAC grew into a unique institution that provided performance artists with creative opportunities and professional services, aiding them to develop their practices and careers. NYPAC’s programming and commissions were covered by a wide range of media outlets, including Artforum, Art in America, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Interview Magazine, among others. NYPAC collaborated with institutions including Abrons Arts Center, Judson Memorial Church, The Kitchen, and The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Thank you to David Everett Howe, Veronica Kim, Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for making NYPAC possible.

2013

• item idem – Supernaturalism

2014

• Concept/Icon – Kate Sutton, Pati Hertling, Ryan McNamara, Adam Whitney Nichols, Carl Swanson
• Antifreeze – Zackary Drucker, Dynasty Handbag, Joseph Keckler, Colin Self
• Juan Antonio Olivares – Kokomo, Aside
• Jonathan VanDyke – Stranger Suite
• Gerard & Kelly – The Frank O’Hara Memorial Library
• NYPAC Gala – Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Joseph Keckler, Erin Markey, Casey Legler, Kenny Mellman, Sammy Jo, Juliana Huxtable
• Jack Ferver – Night Light Night Bright
• Teengirl Fantasy and Lafawndah – Lung
• past present futures – Meredith Neuman, Sara Grace Powell, Tyler Ashley

2015

• The Coldest Princess Wave – Cecilia Corrigan, Macy Rodman, Felix Bernstein, Cammisa Buerhaus
• User Agent – Tyler Coburn, Ian Hatcher, Lanny Jordan Jackson, Research Service
• Dynasty Handbag – Good Morning Evening Feelings
• Cecilia Corrigan’s Secret Garden
• Antifreeze 2 – Carmelita Tropicana, Erin Markey, Macy Rodman, Raul de Nieves
• threeASFOUR – SPIEGEL SPIEL
• Jack Waters & Peter Cramer – Sunscreen Test Boulevard In The Sand
• COLLAPSE (or, falling flat) – Max Steele, Lauren Bakst, Sara Grace Powell, Caitlin Baucom
• Cecilia Corrigan – Star Maps
• Vaginal Davis and Susanne Sachsse – The Magic Flute
• With and For – Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade, Charity Coleman, Arias Abbruzzi Davis and Jordan Lord

2016

• Erin Markey – A Ride on the Irish Cream
• Felix Bernstein – Bieber Bathos Elegy
• Again! Again! Again! – Sophia Le Fraga, maybe, Sara Grace Powell
• Vaginal Davis and Susanne Sachsse – The Magic Flute
• Spilling Over – Caitlin Baucom, Cammisa Buerhaus, Isaac Pool
• Carolee Schneemann – Unforgivable
• Cecilia Corrigan – Motherland

2017

• Dynasty Handbag – I, An Moron
• Adult Contemporary – Julia Bryan Wilson, Tania Bruguera, Charity Coleman, Will Rawls
• Jonathan VanDyke – Self-Evidence
• Sophie Seita – Les Bijoux Indiscrets, or, Paper Tigers
• Katherine Brook / Tele-Violet – The Power of Emotion: The Apartment

Inquiries may be directed to collectiveperformance@gmail.com.