Perspectives on Performance with Chloë Bass

Swim Parallel to the Shore: Performing at the End of Empire

What does public art do when public culture feels increasingly at odds with daily living? Part artist talk, part lecture-performance, this presentation by artist Chloë Bass considers artistic work in the contemporary public realm using two conceits: first, what it means to think of objects through the scale of the human body, and as a stand-in for potential emotional action; and second, what happens when we consider the presentation of static artworks as a form of rehearsal.  

About Chloë Bass

Chloë Bass is a multiform conceptual artist working in performance, situation, conversation, publication, and installation. Her work uses daily life as a site of deep research to address scales of intimacy: where patterns hold and break as group sizes expand. She is currently working on Since feeling is first (2023 – ongoing), a series of works examining intimacy at the scale of the courtroom and the law. Her projects have appeared nationally and internationally, including recent projects with Creative Time, the Buffalo AKG, Skirball Cultural Center, California African-American Museum / Art + Practice, Henry Art Gallery, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Mass MoCA, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, BAK basis voor actuele kunst, The Kitchen, and The Brooklyn Museum. You can learn more about her at chloebass.com.