Name: Dressing Up for Civil Rights
Start: 2020-01-21T13:00
End: 2020-01-21T16:00
Location: Floor 1

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Pope.L. Dressing Up For Civil Rights. 2019. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired in part through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Anne and Joel S. Ehrenkranz, The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, The Jill and Peter Kraus Media and Performance Acquisition Fund, and Jill and Peter Kraus in honor of Michael Lynne. ©Pope.L, Courtesy the artist. Photo: Lizzie Gorfaine

Performances will occur within the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.

Since 1978, Pope.L (American, b. 1955) has engaged in more than 30 individual and collective crawling pieces across the United States and beyond. On the occasion of the exhibition member: Pope.L, 1978–2001, he has developed a new crawl piece entitled Dressing Up for Civil Rights.

Consisting of four individual crawlers and two pursuers enacting the role of police officers, Dressing Up for Civil Rights is a moving tableau that merges choreographed sound and physical action. Over a period ranging from one-and-a-half to three hours, the tableau will move slowly along a predetermined route throughout the Museum. Each of the crawlers is assigned a role that dictates a tension between the four crawlers and the pursuers.

Director: Pope.L
Performers: anthamatten-dominguez, Kym Bernazky, Orlando Cordova, Miguel Angel Guzmán, Larissa Marten, Christopher "Unpezverde" Núñez
Original music and sound design: Matthew Sage

Costume design and fabrication: Sally Dolembo
Tailoring by Atelier Q
Costume assistant: Lisa Marion

Makeup: Emily Schubert

Documentation: Oresti Tsonopoulos (videography), Walter Wlodarczyk (photography)

The artist offers special thanks to Stuart Comer, Kimberly Golding, Lizzie Gorfaine, Danielle A. Jackson, and Beatrice Johnson at MoMA; Lucy Mitchell-Innes, Courtney Willis Blair, and Isabelle Hogenkamp at Mitchell-Innes and Nash; and Noelle Africh, Fabienne Elie, and Dave Lloyd at Pope.L Studio.

Organized by Stuart Comer, The Lonti Ebers Chief Curator of Media and Performance, Department of Media and Performance, with Danielle A. Jackson, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance. Performances produced by Lizzie Gorfaine, Producer, with Beatrice Johnson, Assistant Performance Coordinator, Performance and Live Programs.

MoMA’s presentation is part of Pope.L: Instigation, Aspiration, Perspiration, a trio of complementary exhibitions organized by MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Public Art Fund.

This performance accompanies member: Pope.L, 1978–2001.
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Past events

Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 1
Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 1
Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 1

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