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Amy Yoes: Catalogue Launch & Activation
Saturday, August 10, noon The Research & Development Store
@MASSMoCA
#ThrowbackThursday to Osman Khan’s installation “The sounds weight in anticipation of their song, hum tum tanana nana, nana nana ray” as part of our Kissing Through a Curtain exhibition!
Part large-scale modernday re-envisioning of Mughal miniature paintings and part anti colonial dance party, “The sounds weight…” is a reclamation of the power of the Mughal “Peacock Thorne” in the face of British occupation occupation of India.
More from Osman Khan is coming to MASS MoCA very soon, when his solo exhibition Road to Hybridabad opens on August 24!
Jul 25
![#ThrowbackThursday to Osman Khan’s installation “The sounds weight in anticipation of their song, hum tum tanana nana, nana nana ray” as part of our Kissing Through a Curtain exhibition! Part large-scale modernday re-envisioning of Mughal miniature paintings and part anti colonial dance party, “The sounds weight…” is a reclamation of the power of the Mughal “Peacock Thorne” in the face of British occupation occupation of India. More from Osman Khan is coming to MASS MoCA very soon, when his solo exhibition Road to Hybridabad opens on August 24!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Can`t get enough of @bangonacan? Then you won`t want to miss The Chalet “Covers Night” tonight, July 25, where a collection of BoaC faculty and fellows collaborate on some of their favorite tunes — some of the MASS MoCA staff might even join in on the music making!
The Chalet is open from 6-10pm and is free to all. See you there!
Photos by Kaelan Burkett
Jul 25
![Can't get enough of @bangonacan? Then you won't want to miss The Chalet “Covers Night” tonight, July 25, where a collection of BoaC faculty and fellows collaborate on some of their favorite tunes — some of the MASS MoCA staff might even join in on the music making! The Chalet is open from 6-10pm and is free to all. See you there! Photos by Kaelan Burkett](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
While we just celebrated our 25th anniversary in May, #MASSMoCA isn`t the only one recognizing a big milestone this year — our very own @redevstoremassmoca is turning one on July 27!
To celebrate, we`re featuring items from the Research & Development Store in our stories — from July 23 to July 27 — to highlight the collaborative projects that have manifested throughout the past year. From prints of @chrisdoyle `s "The Coast of Industry" to enamel pins that mirror the florals in @carlyglovinski `s "Almanac", the R&D Store is sure to have just the thing to help you commemorate your visit and learn more about some of our exhibiting artists.
Check out the link in our bio to see everything else they have to offer 📚
Jul 23
![While we just celebrated our 25th anniversary in May, #MASSMoCA isn't the only one recognizing a big milestone this year — our very own @redevstoremassmoca is turning one on July 27! To celebrate, we're featuring items from the Research & Development Store in our stories — from July 23 to July 27 — to highlight the collaborative projects that have manifested throughout the past year. From prints of @chrisdoyle 's "The Coast of Industry" to enamel pins that mirror the florals in @carlyglovinski 's "Almanac", the R&D Store is sure to have just the thing to help you commemorate your visit and learn more about some of our exhibiting artists. Check out the link in our bio to see everything else they have to offer 📚](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Planning to spend your evening at The Chalet this Thursday? Make a day of it and join us on July 25 at 3pm for an audiovisual performance and workshop with @josephkeckler !
Referring to contemporary art and performance, as well as musical and theatrical traditions, we will consider the voice as an expressive tool, vehicle of meaning, object of admiration, and as an elusive and invisible ‘second body.’
This event is free with gallery admission. Head over to the link in our bio to learn more!
Jul 22
![Planning to spend your evening at The Chalet this Thursday? Make a day of it and join us on July 25 at 3pm for an audiovisual performance and workshop with @josephkeckler ! Referring to contemporary art and performance, as well as musical and theatrical traditions, we will consider the voice as an expressive tool, vehicle of meaning, object of admiration, and as an elusive and invisible ‘second body.’ This event is free with gallery admission. Head over to the link in our bio to learn more!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
At 2pm on July 20,, following the 1pm performance of #ThePlasticBagStore, join activists Jenny Glitz and Eileen Ryan from Beyond Plastics in the Research & Development Store for a no-plastic Sip & Shop! ��
Jenny and Eileen will be guiding a conversation around the ways that everyone can take action against single use plastics. The program is free and open to the public, though a separate ticket is required to experience The Plastic Bag Store.
Jul 19
![At 2pm on July 20,, following the 1pm performance of #ThePlasticBagStore, join activists Jenny Glitz and Eileen Ryan from Beyond Plastics in the Research & Development Store for a no-plastic Sip & Shop! �� Jenny and Eileen will be guiding a conversation around the ways that everyone can take action against single use plastics. The program is free and open to the public, though a separate ticket is required to experience The Plastic Bag Store.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Bang on a Can gallery concerts start Thursday (July 18) and, if you’re feeling inspired by them, you, too, can join in on the music making in “No Experience Required,” a collection of unusual instruments created by Gunnar Schonbeck, in B6!
Schonbeck, a musicologist who taught at Bennington College, often said that “everything has sound, you just have to bring it out.” Throughout his tenure at Bennington, Schonbeck and his students built a library of instruments out of materials that they sourced from friends, colleagues, and even the local dump.
Like the name of the exhibition states, no experience is required to play these instruments. Their uniqueness comes not only from their size (6 foot tall banjos!) or materials (congas made out of aircraft parts!), but from the fact that no one really knows how to play them “correctly.” Schonbeck believed that if no one knows how to play the instrument, everyone is equally a novice — or equally an expert.
Jul 17
![Bang on a Can gallery concerts start Thursday (July 18) and, if you’re feeling inspired by them, you, too, can join in on the music making in “No Experience Required,” a collection of unusual instruments created by Gunnar Schonbeck, in B6! Schonbeck, a musicologist who taught at Bennington College, often said that “everything has sound, you just have to bring it out.” Throughout his tenure at Bennington, Schonbeck and his students built a library of instruments out of materials that they sourced from friends, colleagues, and even the local dump. Like the name of the exhibition states, no experience is required to play these instruments. Their uniqueness comes not only from their size (6 foot tall banjos!) or materials (congas made out of aircraft parts!), but from the fact that no one really knows how to play them “correctly.” Schonbeck believed that if no one knows how to play the instrument, everyone is equally a novice — or equally an expert.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
“Highlight of my year so far! Absolutely phenomenal!”
Visitors are raving about @robin_frohardt ‘s #ThePlasticBagStore, produced by @pomegranatearts and presented in association with @wtfestival . The good news is, now there’s even more time to enjoy this immersive experience at #MASSMoCA—until November 3 to be exact!
Here, Frohardt shares some insight as to how this project came to be and how her own observations of using single-use plastics led to what we now know as “The Plastic Bag Store”.
🎥 : @salt_box_films @luis____salazar
✂️: @luis____salazar
Jul 16
![“Highlight of my year so far! Absolutely phenomenal!” Visitors are raving about @robin_frohardt ‘s #ThePlasticBagStore, produced by @pomegranatearts and presented in association with @wtfestival . The good news is, now there’s even more time to enjoy this immersive experience at #MASSMoCA—until November 3 to be exact! Here, Frohardt shares some insight as to how this project came to be and how her own observations of using single-use plastics led to what we now know as “The Plastic Bag Store”. 🎥 : @salt_box_films @luis____salazar
✂️: @luis____salazar](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
We’re adding even more to our Summer soundtrack with the start of @bangonacan gallery concerts — and you’re listening to a sample right now!
On July 18, Bang On a Can fellows and faculty can be found all throughout our campus performing innovative compositions that are informed by the art and surroundings observed during their time at #MASSMoCA. Gallery concerts will be performed some weekdays at 1:30pm and 4:30pm, and are free to attend with gallery admission.
Oh, and don’t forget to join us for The Chalet afterwards to make it a full day of musical magic 🎶
Jul 13
![We’re adding even more to our Summer soundtrack with the start of @bangonacan gallery concerts — and you’re listening to a sample right now! On July 18, Bang On a Can fellows and faculty can be found all throughout our campus performing innovative compositions that are informed by the art and surroundings observed during their time at #MASSMoCA. Gallery concerts will be performed some weekdays at 1:30pm and 4:30pm, and are free to attend with gallery admission. Oh, and don’t forget to join us for The Chalet afterwards to make it a full day of musical magic 🎶](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Join curator Alexandra Foradas in Like Magic (B4.2) this Saturday (7/13) at 2pm for a screening of short videos by artists and filmmakers addressing technologies of magic including devices, charms, rituals, and spells. Selected by Foradas, this session’s program features films centered on rituals for living (despite the odds) and dying by Noor Abed, Farah Al Qasimi (pictured), Adrian Garcia Gomez, Cannupa Hanska Luger (pictured), and The Propeller Group. Screening admission is free with your museum ticket.
Image credits:
1 & 2
We Live
Future Ancestral Technologies Entry Log
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2019
Single channel video with audio
Length (02:57)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
3
Watȟéča - Coyote
Future Ancestral Technologies
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2023
Single channel video with audio
Length (08:16)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
4 & 5
Still from Farah Al Qasimi, Um Al Naar (Mother of Fire), 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
Jul 12
![Join curator Alexandra Foradas in Like Magic (B4.2) this Saturday (7/13) at 2pm for a screening of short videos by artists and filmmakers addressing technologies of magic including devices, charms, rituals, and spells. Selected by Foradas, this session’s program features films centered on rituals for living (despite the odds) and dying by Noor Abed, Farah Al Qasimi (pictured), Adrian Garcia Gomez, Cannupa Hanska Luger (pictured), and The Propeller Group. Screening admission is free with your museum ticket. Image credits: 1 & 2
We Live
Future Ancestral Technologies Entry Log
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2019
Single channel video with audio
Length (02:57)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York 3
Watȟéča - Coyote
Future Ancestral Technologies
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2023
Single channel video with audio
Length (08:16)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York 4 & 5
Still from Farah Al Qasimi, Um Al Naar (Mother of Fire), 2019. Courtesy of the artist.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Add some color to your weekend plans and join us on Saturday, July 13, in @redevstoremassmoca — from 10am to 1pm— for a presentation and discussion of @fritzhorstman `s newly published book "Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments". After the presentation, guests will be guided to the Sol LeWitt galleries for a hands-on workshop led by the author.
Ticket purchases include gallery admission and a copy of the book! Head over to the link in our bio to reserve your spot today.
Jul 12
![Add some color to your weekend plans and join us on Saturday, July 13, in @redevstoremassmoca — from 10am to 1pm— for a presentation and discussion of @fritzhorstman 's newly published book "Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments". After the presentation, guests will be guided to the Sol LeWitt galleries for a hands-on workshop led by the author. Ticket purchases include gallery admission and a copy of the book! Head over to the link in our bio to reserve your spot today.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Comedian Dulcé Sloan will be taking over MASS MoCA on Friday, July 19th with a signing of her book "Hello Friends!" in the R&D store from 5-6 and a show in the Hunter Center at 8!
Most recently a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah, she has been hailed by Variety, Rolling Stone, and Time Out LA as a Top Comedian To Watch. She has also been honored as the NBC Stand Up Showcase Winner, a Montreal Just For Laughs New Face, and as a Comedian to Watch on “The Steve Harvey Show”.
Learn more about Dulcé and grab a ticket at the link in our bio!
Jul 11
![Comedian Dulcé Sloan will be taking over MASS MoCA on Friday, July 19th with a signing of her book "Hello Friends!" in the R&D store from 5-6 and a show in the Hunter Center at 8! Most recently a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah, she has been hailed by Variety, Rolling Stone, and Time Out LA as a Top Comedian To Watch. She has also been honored as the NBC Stand Up Showcase Winner, a Montreal Just For Laughs New Face, and as a Comedian to Watch on “The Steve Harvey Show”. Learn more about Dulcé and grab a ticket at the link in our bio!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Keep your calendars open on Thursday nights—our Summer Chalet events are back starting July 11! Take in the museum views and hang with your favorite crew while North Adams Floating Tower music collective provides the tunes.
Don`t forget to check out
@redevstoremassmoca `s author talk series beforehand—they have quite the summer lineup!
The Chalet starts at 6pm and is free for all. See you there! 🍻
Jul 10
![Keep your calendars open on Thursday nights—our Summer Chalet events are back starting July 11! Take in the museum views and hang with your favorite crew while North Adams Floating Tower music collective provides the tunes. Don't forget to check out
@redevstoremassmoca 's author talk series beforehand—they have quite the summer lineup! The Chalet starts at 6pm and is free for all. See you there! 🍻](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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