HOUSE PARTY @ THE MO
Games. Food. Art. Free.
Kick back with a day of free, family-friendly festivities—done like only the Momentary can do.
From fun pop-ups and games to film screenings, we’re filling the campus with creative celebrations for everyone in honor of our new exhibitions Mystic Parallax and Dark Waters.
Bring the family and enjoy a fun day filled with games in the Arvest Bank Courtyard and Onyx Coffee Lab or check out the Pop-Up Activity with Kaleidoscope to get creative with flowers.
Or, enjoy an art-filled day by heading into the galleries to explore each of the newest exhibitions and then swing by the Fermentation Hall for a special screening of Erizku’s short film SERENDIPITY.
See you there.
Free, no tickets required. Drop by anytime from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CELEBRATION SCHEDULE
10 AM – 4 PM
Games | Arvest Bank Courtyard and Onyx Coffee Lab
Trucker Hat Pop Up | Arvest Bank Courtyard
10 AM – 12 PM
Flower Pop-Up Activity with Kaleidoscope | Arvest Bank Courtyard
Artist-in-Residence Open Studio & Meet and Greet | RØDE House
12 – 2 PM
Food Pop-Ups | Arvest Bank Courtyard
2 – 4 PM
Artist-in-Residence Open Studio & Meet and Greet | RØDE House
2 PM
Film screening: SERENDIPITY directed by Awol Erizku | Fermentation Hall
* Run time is 22:38 mins (played twice with a 10 min break in between)
Awol Erizku’s short film SERENDIPITY, which premiered at MoMA in 2015, is a seminal work embodying the artist’s manifesto of centering Black Art and modes of production in his visual lexicon. Drawing from contemporary music video aesthetics, Erizku metaphorically shatters a classical European sculpture and replaces its pedestal with the bust of Nefertiti. This poetic film intertwines Amharic and German languages, inviting diverse interpretations.
ABOUT the new exhibitions
Dark Waters | Kristine Potter
MAY 11 – OCT 13, 2024
In Dark Waters, a tour de force of Southern Gothic Noir, Kristine Potter reinvents a centuries-old genre with coolness and clarity. With this recent collection of seductive and darkly brooding photographs, Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic mythos found in the popular imagination of “murder ballads”—traditional songs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that often end in death and despair.
FREE: No tickets required.
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Mystic Parallax | Awol Erizku
MAY 25 – OCT 13, 2024
Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.
FREE: No tickets required.
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