Name: A Sort of Joy (Thousands of Exhausted Things)
Start: 2015-04-07T13:00
End: 2015-04-07T15:00
Location: Contemporary Galleries

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A Sort of Joy (Thousands of Exhausted Things), April 4, 2015, The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Manuel Molina Martagon. © 2016 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Office For Creative Research (OCR), in collaboration with Elevator Repair Service (ERS), presents A Sort of Joy (Thousands of Exhausted Things), a live performance that uses information from MoMA’s collection database as the source material for its script, exploring the Museum’s past and present exhibitions. Join us for this free performance in the galleries. This site-specific performance will take place intermittently throughout the scheduled event time.

Artists Experiment is an initiative in the Department of Education that brings contemporary artists into dialogue with MoMA educators to develop innovative and experimental approaches to public engagement.

The artists who participated in past years of Artists Experiment are:

2017–18
• Michael Rakowitz
• Emily Spivack

2014–16
• Nina Katchadourian

2013–14
• Paul Ramirez Jonas
• Allison Smith
• The Office for Creative Research

2012–13
• Raúl Cárdenas Osuna
• Kenneth Goldsmith
• Xaviera Simmons
• Caroline Woolard

Artists Experiment with The Office for Creative Research is made possible by Paula and Jim Crown.

This event is part of Artists Experiment.

Past events

Tue, Apr 7, 2015, 1:00–3:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 2, Contemporary Galleries

Contemporary Galleries
Sat, Apr 4, 2015, 12:00–2:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 2, Contemporary Galleries

Contemporary Galleries

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