Welcome

The Planetary Performance Lab (PPL) is an interdisciplinary platform jointly hosted by the Center for Performance Studies and the Space Institute at UCLA.

We develop projects at the intersections of performance studies and the space humanities to envision earthly pluriversalities and extraterrestrial ecosystems.

UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders), and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

The Planetary Performance Lab is supported by the UCLA Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA), the UCLA Chancellor’s Arts Initiative, and the UCLA Global Advisors Council.