NEW YORK EXPERIMENTAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2026
LIVE WORKS
MOVING IMAGE
SOUND
INSTALLATION
OCT 08–11
LE PETIT VERSAILLES
LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
FOUR DAYS. ONE LIVING GARDEN.
NO FIXED WAY THROUGH.
LIMITED GARDEN CAPACITY.
ADVANCE BOOKING RECOMMENDED.
PERFORMANCE / MOVING IMAGE / INSTALLATION / SOUND / SITE-RESPONSIVE WORK /
DIFFERENT PATHS
DIFFERENT SCALES
SAME GARDEN
Follow sound.
Find light.
Keep going.
Move through the garden. Encounter work at different scales. Return after dark to find the site transformed.
Entangled Garden brings performance, moving image, installation, sound, and site-responsive work into an intimate outdoor space shaped by changing light, weather, duration, and audience presence.
PRACTICE
RESEARCH
PRESENTATION
PUBLIC RECORD
CIRCULATION
The festival does not repeat the same sequence each day.
Installations remain present across longer periods. Live works, sound, and moving image enter the garden at specific times. Visitors may attend for one day or return across the festival as the site changes.
OPENING
Festival opening First encounters Moving image after dark
THU 08
RESONANCE
Garden installations Live performance Evening screenings
FRI 09
EXPERIMENT
The festival’s most extensive day Performance Moving image Public gathering
SAT 10
GATHERING
Final presentations Closing movement Collective gathering
SUN 11
LIVING SITE
HISTORIC SPACE
CONTEMPORARY ART
NATURAL ELEMENTS
PUBLIC LIFE
Light changes. Weather enters. Audiences move.
Works alter the site—and are altered by it.
At Entangled Garden, performance, projected image, sound, material, and public presence do not remain separate. They enter a shared environment in which each encounter changes according to time, proximity, and attention.
A garden in constant becoming.
LE PETIT VERSAILLES
LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK
OCTOBER 8–11, 2026
AFTER DARK,
THE GARDEN BECOMES
ANOTHER KIND OF STAGE.
LIVE & DURATIONAL WORK
Time, presence, movement, action, voice, and transformation.
INSTALLATIONS & INTERVENTIONS
Objects, surfaces, materials, sound, light, and site.
MOVING IMAGE AFTER DARK
Screenings, projections, expanded image, and night air.
PRACTICE
INTO
PUBLIC LIFE
STUDENT / ARTIST
Reduced admission for students, artists, and cultural workers. Limited availability.
SUPPORTER PASS
Festival access with additional support for artist-centered experimental programming.
Advance booking recommended. Limited outdoor capacity.
Institutions, festivals, and organizations working across places and disciplines.
OUTDOOR SITE
The festival takes place across outdoor garden spaces. Dress for the forecast and wear suitable shoes.
LIMITED SEATING
Some works are seated. Others invite standing, movement, or close-range encounter.
WEATHER UPDATES
Confirmed changes will be communicated directly to ticket holders.
ACCESS SUPPORT
Contact ELSEHERE in advance if you require seating, mobility assistance, or another accommodation.
PRESENTED BY
HOSTED AT
LE PETIT VERSAILLES
247 EAST 2ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10009
OCT 08–11 / LE PETIT VERSAILLES / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
FOUR DAYS.A MORE OPEN TOMORROW.
PRACTICE
INTO
PUBLIC LIFE
THE PEOPLE WHO MADE
THE GARDEN POSSIBLE.
Entangled Garden is shaped by the artists, organizers, technicians, collaborators, and communities whose work carries the festival from an initial proposition into a shared public experience.
FESTIVAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Valkyrie Yao
Selina Zhang
CURATORIAL
Yuhan Zhu
Jiaxin He
FESTIVAL OPERATIONS
Yifan Zhang
Olivia Li
Glo Li
INSTALLATION & SPATIAL PRODUCTION
Yuhan Zhu
Yuyang Hu
PRODCTION
Olivia Li
Selina Zhang
VISUAL IDENTITY & DESIGN
Yuxuan
Kyrie Yao
Alice Yuan
Glo Li
COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Yifan Zhang
Yuhan Zhu
Yuxuan Liu
AUDIENCE & MEDIA OUTREACH
Eleanor Wang
Olivia Li
Selina Zhang
VENUE PARTNER
Le Petit Versailles
SPECIAL THANKS
Our thanks to the participating artists, jury members, collaborators, volunteers, garden stewards, neighbors, advisors, and supporters whose time, labor, and care made Entangled Garden possible.
Entangled Garden is conceived and produced by ELSEHERE in collaboration with its artists and in response to the particular ecology of Le Petit Versailles.
