The Museum of Modern Art
Modern Mondays
October 2009
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
In Conversation: An Evening with John Cale
Monday, October 19, 7 p.m.
For In Conversation: An Evening with John Cale, Cale
(Welsh, b. 1942), artist, musician, sonic innovator, and a founding member of
the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground, reflects upon the liaison
between music and art. The evening includes a discussion of his recent work, Dyddiau
Du (Dark Days) (2009), currently on view in the Wales Pavilion at
the Venice Biennale. The installation exemplifies the multivalent nature of
contemporary media art. Held in conjunction with the MoMA exhibition Looking
at Music: Side 2, the event will be moderated by Associate Curator Barbara
London. Program approx. 60 min. T1
Tickets:
$10
adults; $8 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D. $6 full-time students with
current I.D. (For admittance to film programs only.) The price of a film ticket
may be applied toward the price of a Museum admission ticket when a film ticket
stub is presented at the Lobby Information Desk within 30 days of the date on
the stub (does not apply during Target Free Friday Nights, 4:00-8:00 p.m.).
Admission is free for Museum members and for Museum ticketholders.
Modern Mondays is a weekly program
that brings contemporary, innovative film and moving-image works to the public
and provides a forum for viewers to engage in dialogue and debate with
contemporary filmmakers and artists. Modern Mondays presents
new-and newly rediscovered-film and media works with the director in
attendance, stimulating discourse, dialogue, and interaction in a social
setting.
Organized by the Department of Film and the
Department of Media and Performance Art. Modern Mondays is made possible by Anna
Marie and Robert F. Shapiro. Additional support is provided by The Contemporary
Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
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Press Contact: Kim Donica,
212-708-9752, kim_donica@moma.org
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