Office of Applied Strategy × Artifice NYC

Performance Review

Run of Show: Sunday, August 30, 2026 · Production window Jun 30 to Sep 5, 2026

Performance Review is a daytime event staged inside the language of a corporate performance review. It runs on Artifice's WHITEBOX / BLACKBOX format: the Lab (WHITEBOX) hosts the workshop upstairs in daylight, and the Stage (BLACKBOX) holds installation and performance on the ground floor after dark. You descend from one to the other. Noon to 10, then the zoning cuts it. Co-presented by Artifice NYC and the Office of Applied Strategy, with Never Alone and Untitled.

Date: Sun Aug 30, 2026 · validate with Untitled
Venue: Untitled / Studio in Brackets · Williamsburg
Entity: Artifice NYC (501c3) · co-presented
Partners: OAS · Never Alone · Untitled · QNCC · Fuser

01 · The Day NOON TO 10PM

A daytime run inside a five-story building. The Lab upstairs feeds a live visual system on the Stage below, and the whole thing descends into the ground floor after dark.

12pm · 2nd Floor / WHITEBOX

The Lab

A speculative-foresight workshop in daylight. Participants generate the prompts that feed the night.

Afternoon · Descent

Feedback loop

Prompts drop from the roof to the floor, where a live visual system turns them into the room's imagery.

After dark · Ground / BLACKBOX

The Stage

Installation and performance on the dance floor. Three sets, one headliner and two supports. Dancing as embodied strategy.

10pm · Cutoff

On the record

Zoning hard stop. One editor in the room, a recap after, one record kept in the Index.

02 · Space GROUND + 2ND FLOOR

The building is the format. WHITEBOX up top, a lab on the 2nd-floor terrace in daylight; BLACKBOX below, the raw 10,000 SF basement as the main dance floor. You descend from one to the other.

1st Floor · BLACKBOX · the Stage

First floor plan, North 9th Street — 1st Floor Plan · North 9th StreetBLACKBOX

Raw ground-floor space with projector and projection placement — The room · projector + stage placementBLACKBOX

2nd Floor + Terrace · WHITEBOX · the Lab

Second floor plan, terrace and business area — 2nd Floor Plan · terrace + business areaWHITEBOX

03 · Phases FOUR PHASES

Setup, Build, Promote, Produce. The date is the gate: Untitled holds Aug 30 and everything waits on that yes. Announce by July 31 with the first poster; the alcohol permit needs a call 45 days out.

04 · Calendar JUN – SEP '26

The same four phases laid on the month grid. Stripes stack where phases overlap; gold marks the gates. Kickoff Jun 30, event Sun Aug 30.

05 · Milestones KEY DATES

06 · Files SHARED DRIVES

Project hub · OAS

Performance Review · Google Drive

Shared working folder for all partners. Budget sheet, one-sheet, sponsorship overview.

Venue · Untitled

[untitled] hq · space + floorplans

Space documentation photos, with floorplans in each respective folder.

Venue · studio

Studio in Brackets

The venue's own site, with additional photos of the studio.