In Person — Ken Okiishi Presents Vital Behaviors

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Held on Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 8:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden

The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden

Vital Behaviors. 2019. USA. Directed by Ken Okiishi. Courtesy the artist and Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York and Los Angeles

This special event marks the US premiere of Ken Okiishi’s much-anticipated feature Vital Behaviors. Mining social media and memory to map pathways to both self-identity and collective desire, the work finds an ideal setting in the communal, celebratory, and ephemeral cinematic venue of MoMA’s Sculpture Garden. Following this outdoor launch, the film—which builds on Okiishi’s longtime interest in how bodies and images move through space and across platforms—migrates to both streaming and in-person theatrical presentations at MoMA through August 6.

In the event of rain, this screening will take place on July 31.

Vital Behaviors. 2019. USA. Directed by Ken Okiishi. With Brian Altemus. 64 min.

This film accompanies MoMA Presents: Ken Okiishi’s Vital Behaviors.
This film is part of Film in the Sculpture Garden.

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