"Looking at Music" Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art
This event has ended.
In the 1960s, the decade that saw astronauts land on the moon, artists were likewise seeking to expand boundaries of time and space and to have new experiences. At the same time, portable video equipment reached the consumer market—suddenly simultaneity and "now," the present and the past, became content. Musicians led the way in developing new working methods, and music was at the forefront of interdisciplinary experimentation during the early days of media art. This exhibition looks at the dynamic connections that occurred from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s with a display of early media works presented alongside related drawings, prints, and photographs. Organized by Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Media.
[Image: Nam June Paik and Otto Piene "Untitled" (1968) Manipulated television set and plastic pearls 9 x 13 x 10 in. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art & Thomas Griese]
Media
Schedule
from August 13, 2008 to January 05, 2009
Artist(s)
Nam June Paik, Bruce Nauman, Steve Reich, Joan Jonas, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, John Cage, Jack Smith, Ray Johnson et al.