On 19 March 2013, Prof. Philip Auslander gave a lecture at the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA. The lecture, "Surrogate Performances: Performance Documentation and the New York Avant-Garde, ca. 1964–1974,” is part of Auslander’s ongoing research project that examines performance documentation from both theoretical and historical perspectives.

The lecture was part of the series Performing Texts sponsored jointly by the University of Richmond’s Department of English and the National Endowment for the Humanities.