From October 2009 to the end of July 2010, the Julia Stoschek Collection will be dedicated to the subject of performance art. Organised by MoMA/P.S.1., the PERFORMA in New York and the Julia Stoschek Collection, the exhibition 100 YEARS (VERSION #1, DUESSELDORF) will be accompanied by a series of live performances on the second floor of the gallery.

While the exhibition 100 YEARS (VERSION #1, DUESSELDORF) presents a retrospective of the last century in action and performance art, the event series NUMBER THREE: HERE AND NOW , is all about the live experience of the moment.

HERE AND NOW is about the sense of immediacy and the direct presence of the artist and focuses on the fleeting moment, the “here and now” that can never be adequately recaptured or repeated.

The Julia Stoschek Collection has invited 28 contemporary performance artists to contribute to the 10-month programme: dancers, choreographers, visual artists and musicians will be performing their pieces in solo or group shows. Some of the works have been developed especially for the program.