Patrick Scorese
Patrick Scorese is a writer, historiographer, and performance-based artist in Jackson Heights, NY. He recently co-edited the multi-authored academic monograph, Pandemic Performance: Resilience, Liveness, and Protest in Quarantine Times (Routledge), about the intersection of art and activism during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Rag and Bone Aesthetics (Small Editions), a multimedia collaboration with visual artists Ify Chiejina, Hannah Cook, Rejin Leys, and Daphne Silbiger, explores the USA’s addiction to toxic nostalgia. His writings have also appeared in PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, MARCH: A Journal of Art and Strategy, the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, the International Journal of Performance Art and Digital Media, Ex Nunc, and others. He holds a BA from Muhlenberg College and a MA from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.