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"MASS MoCA Welcomes MoCI Curator, Superfiction Expert"
1999-12-03 until 0000-00-00
MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA, USA United States of America

On Friday, December 3 at 7:00 PM, MASS MoCA (The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) will host a lecture by Peter Hill, artist and Curator of the fictitious Museum of Contemporary Ideas (MoCI). The lecture will be held in MASS MoCA's B10 Theater. The topic of Hill's lecture will be True Lies and Superfictions. Hill will investigate the use of fictional situations in contemporary art practice. His lecture/performance will cover the works of Res Ingold, Guillaume Bijl, Rodney Glick, Servaas, Seymour Likely, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Eve-Anne O'Regan, Juan Fontcuberto, Martin Kippenberger, Pope Alice, Sarah Ryan, The Triplet Twins, General Idea, Fred Wilson, Lyndell Brown and Charles Green, Rayond Rohner, Dottie Attie, and The Leeds 13.

The presentation will also celebrate ten years of the fictive Museum of Contemporary Ideas on New York's Park Avenue. Arguably the largest contemporary art space in the world, this was the first of many superfictions created by Peter Hill. During the course of this lecture he will also describe his fictitious oil company Cameron Oil and his novel/art installation The Art Fair Murders. Additionally, he will relate the theory behind his creations to the philosophy of science, particularly the work of Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend. This December also marks the fifth anniversary of the online presence of MoCI. Hill's Museum of Contemporary Ideas is one of many emerging artworks around the world which are based on fictional organizations, individuals, or philosophies and also serves as a resource for documenting other superfictions. Hill defines superfictions as visual artworks which use fiction and appropriation to mirror organizations, business structures, and the lives of invented individuals....

This event is free and open to the public. For more information: contact 413.664.4481 or www.massmoca.org. MASS MoCA is located at 87 Marshall Street in downtown North Adams, Mass.


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