Opening Fri 3/15 @ 7 – 10pm
On view through 6/9
Two new exhibits opening @ MOCA:
1 – Kate Gilmore – Body of Work
Gilmore’s performance-based shows are “messy, chaotic, and excessive.” In her work, she undertakes strenuous activities wearing distinctly feminine attire, appearing laughable but ulitmately doomed to fail. Her work challenges stereotypes and reassess hardcore feminist practices.
Attend an Artist Conversation w/ Kate Gilmore and MOCA Chief Curator David Norr on Sat 3/16 at 1pm.
2 – Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller – The Paradise Institute
Get immersed in a simulated environment. Enter an unassuming plywood structure and find yourself in what appears to be a 1930s-style movie house, complete with plush velvet seating. Hear strange sounds and watch a mysterious narrative unfold on the screen.
“Kate Gilmore: Body of Work” is part of the year-long city-wide celebration Present and Accounted, a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Cleveland Performance Art Festival (1988-99), which includes performance art activity throughout 2013 at venues such as MOCA, SPACES, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Oberlin College and others. http://www.PresentAndAccounted.org