Produced in collaboration with Performance Art Museum.

Authored by curator and editor Andrew McNeely, the publication explores the unconventional work of artist, author, and playwright Asher Hartman and his acclaimed Gawdafful National Theater. Through critical reflection and intimate correspondence between McNeely and Hartman, the issue offers new perspectives on Hartman’s theatrical practice, exploring the intersections of psychic intuition, language, and the affective power of performance. McNeely draws on personal observations of rehearsals and an encounter with the live performance Gawdafful’s Blessed with Switch, revealing how language can operate as a score for embodied sensations and unconscious desires.