Video, Music and More in the Kitchen’s Fall Season

The Kitchen, the Manhattan organization that showcases experimental work in many disciplines, announced on Thursday that its fall season would include “Tracking the Thrill,” an exhibition of Gretchen Bender’s video work; “King,” a performance piece by  Neal Medlyn that re-considers Michael Jackson’s work and persona; and Claire Chase, the flutist, performing work from her new album, “Destiny.”

The season begins Aug. 27 with Ms. Bender’s exhibition, which features a cross-section of her video work including “Total Recall,” which came to the Kitchen in 1987. Among other highlights, on Oct. 10, there will be screening of the A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner video “Community Action Center.” The screening is accompanied with a special live score for the 2010 feature-length work about gay sexuality.  The artists, including Justin Vivian Bond, Nick Hallett with Sam Miller, K8 Hardy, as well as others, will perform the soundtrack and the filmmakers will discuss their tour of the work.

On Oct. 12, in a co-presentation with ISSUE Project Room, a cast of musicians will join the X-Patsys musical trio on a double bill that features Rhys Chatham performing “Guitar Trio.”  The season ends Nov. 6-9 with the return of Maria Hassabi in “Premiere.”  It marks her first work at the Kitchen since the premiere of her dance piece “Show” in 2011.  “Premiere” is to be co-presented with Performa 13 and is described by the Kitchen as about “the moment when a performance first encounters its public â€" viewers and critics.”