CAMH hosts The Lone Star Explosion symposium, "Locating the Global: Performance After the Act," a discussion that will call into question the function of the performance art festival. Artist Ryan Hawk will speak followed by a conversation guided by Autumn Hays, a participating artist-academic, and Jill McDermid-Hokanson and Erik Hokanson, directors of Grace Exhibition Space, the only space in New York City dedicated solely to the presentation of performance art.

Additionally, a panel discussion led by LSE '14 curators, Julia Claire Wallace and Jonatan Lopez, will follow with select participating artists and organizers. The event will conclude with an open platform that encourages audience participation.