Art in General commissioned After Before, a new performance-based work by Sharon Hayes dealing with the politics of public discourse. For her second artwork supported by the commissioning program, in the near future, the artist will stage five hypothetical and imaginary protests throughout New York City during 2005-2006. Each of these events will be documented on video and then projected as a three-channel installation.

A performative presentation of this project in progress is part of the city-wide biennial of new visual performance art, PERFORMA05”:http://www.performa-arts.org/, taking place at Art in General on November 9 from 6-8 pm.