Performance Art in Germany

Artist and Performance Art Group Names

Organizations, literature, and other resources

• Performer Stammtisch – Performer Stammtisch was founded by Jörn J. Burmester in 2003 in order to connect the Berlin performance art scene, to keep each other updated on what we were working on, and to help one another out with opportunities.
• APAB e.V. (Association for performance art in Berlin)
• Berlin Arts Festival
• Exploring Germany’s Booming Performance Art Scene
• FRAGILE 2024, the international festival for sustainability and art
• INPA International Network of Performance Art, The International Performance Association (IPA) is an expanding network of process oriented artists, devoted to cultural awareness through the professional practice of performance art. IPA strives to provide a platform for such artists from all over the globe to exchange ideas and initiate progress in the world of performance art. Founded as IPAH e.V. in 2006, we have formed a series of workshops, performance festivals and meetings that encourage the development of participants‘ artistic endeavors. In 2012 the original organization was split. IPAH e.V. still remains in Hildesheim/Germany. The original IPAH Summercamp and the Platform For Young Performance Artists is from now on organized by IPA, seated in Hanau/Germany, under the new title IPA Summer. In 2012, IPA Istanbul was established as partner organizations, followed by IPA Bucharest in 20014, IPA Bristol in 2015 and IPA The Hague in 2017. Since 2023, IPA is a non-profit association based in Hanau. The purpose of the association was extended to socio-cultural projects.
• Mersch, Dieter. Performance Art and Improvisation, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts, July 23, 2021
• NOW! Festival
• Nyabinghi Lab 
• Sammlung Maria de Robe – performance archives -The Maria de Robe Collection is a long-term project, initiated by Joël Verwimp, in order to develop a unique partnership with as many different museums as possible – from the Asian to the Fire Brigade Museum. On the one hand, a special connection between the institute (museum collection) and the audience (eyewitness) is to be created from the perspective of performance art. On the other hand, the collection of performance art beyond documentation procedures is put into practice. The ephemeral quality of performance art is therefore not understood here as immaterial, but the performative, common experience (publicness) is captured as materiality: Collecting life’s unknowns.
• transitstation – transitstation is an ongoing international exhibition-as-live-art event featuring performance art, music, experimental electronica, physical theatre, poetry, video, mixed-media projection, installation, interactive performance, fashion, lectures, workshops and interviews.
• PAE Aktionslabor e.V. ist eine Plattform für Performance Kunst, die nicht nur Künstler*innen regional und international vernetzt, sondern auch Formate und Veranstaltungen für Performance Kunst organisiert. Dieses Tun ist eng verbunden mit einer queer-feministischen, antirassistischen, dekolonialen Haltung.