Artist-led Walkthrough of Fictions of Display with Asher Hartman

Visual artist, author and playwright Asher Hartman joins us for a somatic walkthrough of Fictions of Display.

Asher Hartman is a transgender visual artist, writer, director, and creator of live performances. His works, which combine strategies of theater and performance art, grapple with social and political issues in an era of chronic crisis. They are dense, visual, poetic, embodied texts—infused with clown and cringe humor, evidence of trance and psychic journeying—set within immersive installations designed to disorient, unnerve, and elicit strong emotional responses.

Much of his work was developed with the support of Machine Project in Los Angeles from 2010 to 2017 and is currently being presented at The Lab in San Francisco. Hartman is the director and founder of Gawdafful National Theater, a group of visual artists, actors, and performance artists with whom he has been creating since 2010.

This program is organized by Justen Leroy, Director of Public Programs and Community Outreach.