January at MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Happy New Year! MoMA PS1 kicks off 2013 with the return of our weekly Sunday Sessions series on January 6. Upcoming programs include a party with I.U.D. (January 6), Trajal Harrell’s Judson Church Is Ringing in Harlem (January 13), an afternoon with Bidoun Magazine, featuring Jack Kevorkian and Iranian cinema (January 27), and more.
Join us on January 20 for our Winter Open House to celebrate the opening of the exhibitions Cyprien Gaillard, Ed Atkins, and Metahaven. The opening celebration includes a program hosted by Gaillard, a performance by Atkins, a cash bar, and delicious eats provided by M. Wells.
A SUNDAY SESSIONS PARTY WITH I.U.D., HOSTED BY LIZZI BOUGATSOS & SADIE LASKA
Sunday, January 6, 12–6pm
Capricorneous I.U.D. Birthday Party for LZA aka Bumpy the Clown
Featuring Visuals by Danny Perez and Rodan Tekle
4–6pm
You are invited to a party hosted by hyper-feminist vamps infused with industrial metal and nuances of experimental music.Lizzi Bougatsosof Gang Gang Dance and Sadie Laskaof Growing and Extreme Violence present their collaborative project I.U.D. They perform alongside fellow musicians Eye Banker, Dutch E Germ, and Josh Diamond, and the party features a special Cake performance by Mindy Vale.
Tom Tom Magazine & Mindy Abovitz Present The Oral History of Female Drummers
3pm
This performance features six female drummers spread throughout MoMA PS1′s floors, engaging in a call and response. The beats are passed from drummer to drummer via a beatboxer, who visits each woman and reinterprets her respective beat. The performers play on painted drumheads with sticks by the artist Itta. As they are used in the performance, the sticks gradually “chip away” at their own histories.
SUNDAY SESSIONS PRESENTS NEW WORK BY TRAJAL HARRELL AND THE LAUNCH OF ANDRÉ LEPECKI’S ANTHOLOGY, DANCE
Sunday, January 13, 12–6pm
Trajal Harrell
Judson Church Is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure)/Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at The Judson Church (M2M)
3pm
Judson Church Is Ringing in Harlem…(M2M) is a custom-sized iteration of Trajal Harrell’s Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church project. Only, in this made-to-measure size, the proposition is inverted and the central question of the work becomes, “What would have happened if one of the early postmoderns from Judson Church had gone uptown to perform in the voguing ballroom scene in Harlem?”
Panel Discussion with Mårten Spångberg, Jenn Joy, André Lepecki, Trajal Harrell, and Peter Eleey on the Occasion of the Launch of DANCE, Edited by André Lepecki
4pm
Given the firm establishment of dance as a major force in contemporary art, as well as dance’s presence in major museums across the world over the past couple of years, MoMA PS1 presents an afternoon of lectures and conversations about dance in the art world.
WINTER OPEN HOUSE/SUNDAY SESSIONS WITH CYPRIEN GAILLARD AND ED ATKINS
Sunday, January 20, 12–6pm
Depression, A Performance by Ed Atkins
3pm
In conjunction with the opening of his exhibition at MoMA PS1, Ed Atkins presents the performance piece Depression, which explores death, bodies, and disintegrating matter. Known for high-definition videos that defy standard narrative conventions, Atkins works with filmic and text-based forms in technological transition. For Atkins, HD images are otherworldly; since they are not tied to any physical medium, he considers the technology deathlike, a bodiless movie format.
Cyprien Gaillard Presents Egyptian Lover and Special Guests
4pm
On the occasion of the opening of his first New York solo show, Cyprien Gaillard inhabits MoMA PS1′s geodesic dome to present a program by West Coast rap pioneer Egyptian Lover and special guests performing in front of selected video footage. Combining elements of the found, the photographic, the cinematic, the architectural, and the social, Gaillard provokes visual or associative connections between ancient ruins and neglected contemporary spaces, acting as a kind of archaeologist of contemporary history.
SUNDAY SESSIONS WITH BIDOUN
Sunday, January 27, 12–6pm
Secrets of Bidoun: An afternoon with Bidoun Magazine Featuring Jack Kevorkian, Iranian Cinema, and More
3–6pm
Join the friends of Bidoun, an award-winning publishing, curatorial, and educational initiative based in New York City, for an afternoon of showing and telling, with Jack Kevorkian’s public access TV show; E.A.T. in India; Iranian cinema, and more. Plus: chopped and screwed Persian music. Super-plus: philosophical/sex advice from porn star Conner Habib.
