Name: Yvonne Rainer: The Concept of Dust, or How do you look when there's nothing left to move?
Start: 2015-06-14T20:00
Location: The Museum of Modern Art

Performance

4 past

Yvonne Rainer. Assisted Living: Do you have any money? 2013. Performers, from left: Patricia Hoffbauer, Emmanuèlle Phuon, Yvonne Rainer, Pat Catterson, Keith Sabado, and Emily Coates. Photo by Ian Douglas

The Museum of Modern Art presents the East Coast premiere of Yvonne Rainer's The Concept of Dust, or How do you look when there's nothing left to move? The performance contends with themes of aging and mortality while employing the artist’s signature wit and erudition. Originally commissioned by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Research Institute, and Performa, the MoMA performance will incorporate a yet-to-be-revealed work from the Museum’s collection that has fascinated Rainer since her arrival in New York in 1956.

Seating is limited. Tickets will be available for purchase, online only, beginning June 2 at 12:00 p.m. Guests are encouraged to arrive by 7:45 p.m. on the night of the performance as late arrivals will not be seated.

This performance accompanies Yvonne Rainer: The Concept of Dust, or How do you look when there’s nothing left to move?.

Sun, Jun 14, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

Followed by a conversation between Rainer; writer Lynne Tilman; Douglas Crimp, University of Rochester; and Ana Janevski, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art, MoMA.
Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

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