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Elliot Reed

Elliot Reed is Black with gold aviator-style glasses and a beard standing in front of a stone wall and pillar. They are looking at the camera, visible tattoos in a sleeveless leather shirt, black hat and messily braided synthetic blonde ponytail.
© Armando Nin

Elliot Reed is an artist working in performance, sculpture, and video. Their art starts from the body, making a choreographic language through objects, installation, and sound. Using an intra-media approach, Elliot’s projects aim to capture the idiosyncrasies of live performance through physical means. Reed is the founder, director, and sole employee of Elliot Reed Laboratories, a production office located inside the artist’s body. His text manifesto “Performance Art Is…” was printed in The Drama Review, published by MIT Press.