Stanford’s “VITAL SIGNS” ft. Nao Bustamante & Rafa Esparza, Feb. 13-14

Curated by Cassils, Vital Signs is a performance series during the 2017/2018 academic year at Stanford University in California.

Vital signs are important indications of the status of the body’s life-sustaining functions. Vital Signs is also a series of live performances and artist talks spread over the academic year at Stanford University. Focusing on elements of performativity, each quarter will pair artists from different generations. Assessing urgency, these artists will offer a broad approach for triaging the social body. With the use of different formal and conceptual strategies, measurements can be taken and assessments made, giving us clues to diseases and possible progress toward recovery. The series aims to highlight and showcase underrepresented performance forms such as experimental performance art, durational art, and body art, among others, by artists from underrepresented communities.

More information on the time, location, artists and their performances can be found on the Vital Signs website.