17/02/2026
In conjunction with Suzanne Lacy: Birlikte/Togæther, organised by Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum with the support of the Sabancı Foundation, the online talk series Performance Talks: Strategies of Keeping It Live, taking place on 24 February and 5 March, reconsiders performance art’s presence within museum collections through the lenses of vitality, time, and care.
Moderated by Osman Serhat Karaman, the series welcomes two leading scholars in the field, Hélia Marçal (University College London) and Hanna Hölling (Bern University of the Arts). In their talks, Marçal and Hölling propose a shift away from understanding performance as a completed, stabilised archival record. Instead, they frame it as a mode of existence sustained through transmission and re-enactment, circulating between bodies, documents, and institutions, transforming over time, and gaining continuity through practices of care.
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 24 February, 19:30
Vitality and the Conservation of Performance
Hélia Marçal, Associate Professor, University College London
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Thursday, 5 March, 20:00
After the Event: Conservation, Time, and the Work of Care
Hanna Hölling, Professor of Research, Bern University of the Arts (HKB)
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*The Performance Talks series will be held online. Participation is free of charge, and registration is required. The event will be held in English.
