PopRally: Reliquary House, Performance

PopRally To Premiere Multimedia Performance Reliquary House By Oneohtrix Point Never And Nate Boyce

Work Created Specifically for MoMA

WHAT: PopRally will premiere of the multimedia performance RELIQUARY HOUSE by Oneohtrix Point Never and visual artist Nate Boyce, created specifically for The Museum of Modern Art.

OPN and Boyce re-imagine the canon of modernist sculpture through hallucinatory reconstructions of works by David Smith, Jacob Epstein, and Anthony Caro, among other sculptures in MoMA's collection. Boyce uses computer-generated imagery to transform these sculptures into kinetic apparitions that inhabit incongruous and "impossible" landscapes and architectural environments. Abetted by OPN's sound design, Boyce reconfigures the museum setting, pulling historical art objects into a new context.

The performance is bookended by a screening of selected video works that confront notions of "the image as object" and the visceral dimensions of sound and images. In addition, Matt Werth provides interstitial "sound sets."

Attendees will have access to four MoMA exhibitions throughout the evening: Contemporary Art from the Collection, 1980-Now; Harun Farocki: Images of War (at a Distance); Thing/Thought: Fluxus Editions, 1962-1978; Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence; and Projects 96: Haris Epaminonda.

PopRally: Launched in April 2006, this program of events at The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 features collaborations with artists and musicians, performances, film screenings, receptions, and special viewings of exhibitions at moderate prices. Past events have included performances by Sigur Rós, Cat Power, Les Savy Fav, Patti Smith, Chicks on Speed, The Raincoasts, DFA records, and PaperRad and friends. Additional information on PopRally is available at MoMA.org/poprally.

PopRally Presents RELIQUARY HOUSE:
Oneohtrix Point Never  & Nate Boyce
Saturday, December 17.12.2011, 21:00