12pm · 2nd Floor / WHITEBOX
The Lab
A speculative-foresight workshop in daylight. Participants generate the prompts that feed the night.
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.
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.
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
← Projector
Blackbox: the stage
2nd Floor + Terrace · WHITEBOX · the Lab
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
Performance Review · Google Drive
Shared working folder for all partners. Budget sheet, one-sheet, sponsorship overview.
[untitled] hq · space + floorplans
Space documentation photos, with floorplans in each respective folder.
Studio in Brackets
The venue's own site, with additional photos of the studio.
07 · OpsBudget
PROGRAM P&L
The program budget, carried by Artifice NYC (501c3). OAS's contribution and ticket revenue cover the core; underwriting and tax-deductible donations fund the full production. Planning estimates, to reconcile with the live budget sheet.
| Line | Detail | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Program / Talent | $5,750 | |
| Headliner (1) | Name DJ, scene-credible | $3,000 |
| Support DJs (2) | $500 each | $1,000 |
| Lab facilitator | Workshop lead (WHITEBOX) | $750 |
| Artist honoraria | Installation / visual artist | $1,000 |
| Technical / Production | $4,950 | |
| Live visual system | Creative technologist build | $2,500 |
| Projection + screens | Rental; in-house AV covers the rest | $900 |
| Sound reinforcement | Basement / Stage | $600 |
| Lighting | $600 | |
| Power / distro / cabling | $350 | |
| Operations / Safety | $2,250 | |
| Licensed security | ~10 hr, 2 to 3 guards | $1,100 |
| Production crew | Stagehands / PAs | $800 |
| Box office / door | Check-in, capture | $350 |
| Compliance | $1,250 | |
| Event insurance | Incl. liquor coverage | $650 |
| Place of Assembly + permits | NYC public assembly | $450 |
| Alcohol serve permit | If serving | $150 |
| Marketing / Archive | $2,750 | |
| 6-poster series | Designer honoraria | $1,200 |
| Documentation | Photo + video, Index record | $1,200 |
| Print / signage / wayfinding | $350 | |
| Contingency | ~6% | $1,050 |
| Total expenses | $18,000 | |
| Revenue · committed + earned | $12,000 | |
| OAS program contribution | Baseline, flex to $10K | $8,000 |
| Ticket sales | Net to program, ~300 paid, net of splits | $4,000 |
| Underwriting + donations needed | $6,000 |
Underwriting tiers · acknowledgment only, tax-deductible
| Tier | Underwrites | Ask |
|---|---|---|
| Presenting | The full program; top acknowledgment | $5,000 |
| Lab | The workshop; educational core | $2,500 |
| Stage | The live visual system + performance | $2,500 |
| Archive | Documentation + the Index record | $1,500 |
| Community | Access tickets, accessibility | $1,000 |
| Friend / In-kind | F&B, beverage, product | $500+ |
Individual donations, tax-deductible: suggested gift levels $500 / $250 / $100 / $50. If a gift includes a ticket, only the amount above the ticket's fair market value is deductible.
Artifice NYC, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN on request). Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Corporate underwriting is acknowledged by name and does not include advertising or a substantial return benefit. Determination letter and W-9 available on request.