We Could Break Performance is a podcast hosted by artists Vanessa Godden and James Knott investigating the question: “How do we evaluate the substance of tropes enacted in performance art?”

Each episode of will We Could Break Performance will feature a local performance artist and ourselves in conversation, to help us tackle our dilemma and provide perspective on the values of performance art tropes that we may share or disagree on. Does performance go harder if the performer gets harmed? Or is that negligence in disguise. Is endurance awe-worthy? Or is it sometimes used to unpoetic ends? Does nudity really bare all? 

Perhaps by the end this series’ run, we could break performance.

This series was commissioned by FADO Performance Art Centre for the 2025 Emerging Art Series LAB

Episode 1 - Francisco-Fernando Granados

Episode 2 - Archer Pechawis

Episode 3 - Erika DeFreitas

Episode 4 - Mikiki

Episode 5 - Kiera Boult

Episode 6 - FADO Emerging Artist Series Curators