Exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and MOCA at Goldman Warehouse during Art Basel Miami Beach
MOCA, North Miami
The first major museum exhibition by Albanian artist Anri Sala features seven films from the late 1990s to the present including a new film, Answer Me, along with photographs and sculptures that explore a dialogue about the interplay of the works with space and time. Co-organized by the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Sala's work is presented as one exhibition with two parts designed to resonate with each museum's respective space.
The installation at MOCA, North Miami addresses the issue of rupture as Sala's films play on a timer. Sala creates an environment in which the visitor's focus is directed toward specific films that engage in dialogue with each other, with the space, and experience of the viewer. Sala includes several drums especially fabricated for the exhibition. Synched with particular films, the drumsticks respond to the low-frequency rhythm of the films' soundtracks, a furtive, yet direct connection between musical instruments and the sound component of a particular narrative. Lighting of the space and drums follow the same sequence Sala has developed for the screenings. As some films end, they completely disappear and different films in other areas of the museum begin. The orientation of the installation is constantly changing, causing viewers to reorient themselves within the space
Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is part of the Museum of Contemporary Art's Knight Exhibition Series. Additional support provided by Starbucks Coffee Company and Monica Kalpakian.
MOCA, North Miami
The first major museum exhibition by Albanian artist Anri Sala features seven films from the late 1990s to the present including a new film, Answer Me, along with photographs and sculptures that explore a dialogue about the interplay of the works with space and time. Co-organized by the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Sala's work is presented as one exhibition with two parts designed to resonate with each museum's respective space.
The installation at MOCA, North Miami addresses the issue of rupture as Sala's films play on a timer. Sala creates an environment in which the visitor's focus is directed toward specific films that engage in dialogue with each other, with the space, and experience of the viewer. Sala includes several drums especially fabricated for the exhibition. Synched with particular films, the drumsticks respond to the low-frequency rhythm of the films' soundtracks, a furtive, yet direct connection between musical instruments and the sound component of a particular narrative. Lighting of the space and drums follow the same sequence Sala has developed for the screenings. As some films end, they completely disappear and different films in other areas of the museum begin. The orientation of the installation is constantly changing, causing viewers to reorient themselves within the space
Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is part of the Museum of Contemporary Art's Knight Exhibition Series. Additional support provided by Starbucks Coffee Company and Monica Kalpakian.
The exhibition is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is part of MOCA's Knight Exhibition Series. Additional support provided by the Arts Council Singapore, Office for Contemporary Art Norway and IASPIS.
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