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22/1/2013

Artists Experiment

The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York

The Museum of Modern Art announces Artists Experiment, a new initiative that brings together four contemporary artists to create and lead innovative, experimental public programs in the Museum for the winter/spring 2013 season. Artists include Kenneth Goldsmith, author, poet, and founding editor of the online archive UbuWeb; Raúl Cárdenas Osuna, founder and director of Torolab, a collective workshop and laboratory based in Tijuana, Mexico; Xaviera Simmons, an artist whose practice includes installations, sculptures, photography, audio, and performance works; and Caroline Woolard, artist, activist, and cofounder of OurGoods.org and Trade School.coop, two barter economies for cultural producers. Working closely with MoMA educators, each is contributing to a series of events, interactions, and experiences that use MoMA as a space for public engagement, creative collaboration, and artist interaction.

Artists Experiment launches on January 23 with Capital Exchange: A Dinner Event (sold out). The four participating artists have designed a special multi-sensory dinner, including a three- course menu developed by Cárdenas Osuna, in collaboration with Torolab's Chef Diego Becerra and Chef Lynn Bound of MoMA’s Cafe 2. Inspired by classic 20th-century New York cuisine and executed with a modern-day ethnic twist, the meal is presented to guests along with a set of place mats by Xaviera Simmons inspired by artworks related to major political movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. The evening reflects a common theme in each of the participating artists' ongoing programs: the exploration of different notions of "capital," ranging from the social and political to the cultural and historical. Performances, music, and readings by Kenneth Goldsmith, Caroline Woolard, Xaviera Simmons, and special guests will be featured.

“As the nature of artistic practice expands, artists are engaging with a range of disciplines and increasingly looking to people and the spaces around them to serve as partners in an ongoing creative collaboration,” said Pablo Helguera, Director, Adult and Academic Programs. “Artists Experiment aims to foster these types of interactions, situating MoMA as a laboratory for experimentation with public engagement and providing visitors with direct access to a diverse group of artists and writers.”

Artists Experiment continues the Museum’s long history of experimental and participatory programming that began under the auspices of Victor D’Amico, the founding director of MoMA’s Department of Education. From 1937 to 1969, D’Amico championed art education in the museum setting through innovations that are now standard offerings in museums around the world.

At MoMA these included classes for military personnel at the War Veterans’ Art Center, and for children and families at the People’s Art Center; circulating exhibitions for local students through the New York City High Schools Program; participatory creative experiences at the Children’s Art Carnival in its many versions at MoMA and in Milan, Brussels, Barcelona, various cities in India, and its eventual home in Harlem; and summer art instruction programs at The Art Barge, on eastern Long Island.

Artists Experiment programs are open to the public. Space is limited. For more information, tickets, or to register, visit http://momatalks.tumblr.com/artistsexperiment

Press Contact:
Anna Dinces, Rubenstein Communications, (212) 843-9253 adinces@rubenstein.com

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