In this episode, I am joined by co-interviewer Dylan Sherman. We speak with performer Mickey Mahar, whose work has been central to performances by artists like Maria Hassabi, Anne Imhof, Ryan McNamara, and Pope.L. We talk about what it means to perform inside museum spaces and art fairs, how it feels to be endlessly photographed by strangers, and the often invisible labor involved in co-creating performance works. Mickey reflects on growing up as a competitive Irish dancer, starting as a performer in the New York art world, and what it’s like to perform when you don’t always agree with the work.
Mickey Mahar is a dancer and performer originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He works mainly with artists creating performance inside of visual art contexts and has collaborated with Anne Imhof, Maria Hassabi, Gillian Walsh, and many others. He currently lives in Berlin.
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The research for this series was generously supported by the Mondriaan Fund and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts.
