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![<em>Cellophane Bricks</em>: Jonathan Lethem in Conversation with Denise Markonish](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Webcuts_Cellophane_600x364.png)
Cellophane Bricks: Jonathan Lethem in Conversation with Denise Markonish
Thursday, July 11, 6pm The Research & Development Store
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Throughout the past eight months, on the day of each new moon, @graceannclark `s "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" has offered our visitors an extra source of comfort and healing as they navigate through our galleries and any life obstacles that they may be facing.
Mirroring elements of a healing well, this dark, chapel-like environment presents an opportunity for participants to sit with their experiences and reflect on how best to heal from them —allowing space for transformation and growth to transpire.
"In a new light (Healing Dirt)" will be available to visitors today, July 5—consider adding this experience to your healing journey.
Jul 5
![Throughout the past eight months, on the day of each new moon, @graceannclark 's "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" has offered our visitors an extra source of comfort and healing as they navigate through our galleries and any life obstacles that they may be facing. Mirroring elements of a healing well, this dark, chapel-like environment presents an opportunity for participants to sit with their experiences and reflect on how best to heal from them —allowing space for transformation and growth to transpire. "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" will be available to visitors today, July 5—consider adding this experience to your healing journey.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
MASS MoCA will be open all week! You can beat the heat in our galleries, enjoy the sunshine on Joe`s Field with the family, or fly to the moon and back in one of Laurie Anderson`s virtual reality experiences -- all on one sprawling campus. See you soon!
Jul 3
![MASS MoCA will be open all week! You can beat the heat in our galleries, enjoy the sunshine on Joe's Field with the family, or fly to the moon and back in one of Laurie Anderson's virtual reality experiences -- all on one sprawling campus. See you soon!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
#ThePlasticBagStore, created by @robin_frohardt , has been on view at MASS MoCA for nearly two months now—yeah, we can’t believe it either—and we’re sharing some images from a few of our “Most Valued Customers” to celebrate this milestone!
Utilizing a mix of puppetry, humor, film, and craft, the immersive experience offers unique insight into the man-made crisis of plastic pollution. This tongue-in-cheek approach presents a new outlook to the viewer and an opportunity to shift perspectives— it makes for some great photo opps too!
Share your own images using #ThePlasticBagStore and you too can become a “Most Valued Customer”.
Presented in Association with: @wtfestival
Produced by: @pomegranatearts
Jul 3
![#ThePlasticBagStore, created by @robin_frohardt , has been on view at MASS MoCA for nearly two months now—yeah, we can’t believe it either—and we’re sharing some images from a few of our “Most Valued Customers” to celebrate this milestone! Utilizing a mix of puppetry, humor, film, and craft, the immersive experience offers unique insight into the man-made crisis of plastic pollution. This tongue-in-cheek approach presents a new outlook to the viewer and an opportunity to shift perspectives— it makes for some great photo opps too! Share your own images using #ThePlasticBagStore and you too can become a “Most Valued Customer”. Presented in Association with: @wtfestival
Produced by: @pomegranatearts](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Solid Sound might be over, but that doesn’t mean that Wilco’s impact has left our campus! Since 2019, MASS MoCA has curated selections from a private collection of music photography. This year, we handed the selection process over to the members of Wilco, who have chosen 35 images featuring iconic performers such as Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Steve Wonder, and The Supremes.
Check out their picks in the exhibition Musicians on Musicians, on view now in B6!
📸Doug Mason
Jul 2
![Solid Sound might be over, but that doesn’t mean that Wilco’s impact has left our campus! Since 2019, MASS MoCA has curated selections from a private collection of music photography. This year, we handed the selection process over to the members of Wilco, who have chosen 35 images featuring iconic performers such as Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Steve Wonder, and The Supremes. Check out their picks in the exhibition Musicians on Musicians, on view now in B6! 📸Doug Mason](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
That’s a wrap on Solid Sound 2024! Thanks for joining us here at MASS MoCA for a weekend of music, art, food, and dinosaurs (?). Whether it was your first or eighth Solid Sound, we hope you experienced something that inspired you in a new way over the last three days.
We’d love to hear your favorite Solid Sound moment from the weekend!
📸 Doug Mason
Jul 1
![That’s a wrap on Solid Sound 2024! Thanks for joining us here at MASS MoCA for a weekend of music, art, food, and dinosaurs (?). Whether it was your first or eighth Solid Sound, we hope you experienced something that inspired you in a new way over the last three days. We’d love to hear your favorite Solid Sound moment from the weekend! 📸 Doug Mason](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Solid Sound kicks off today at 3:30 with an absolutely stacked lineup of enduring favorites and emerging voices including Horsegirl, Jason Isbell + The 400 Unit, a Sylvan Esso DJ set, and, of course, Wilco, playing a special set of deep cuts!
If you couldn’t make it to North Adams this year, you can follow along with live coverage on 88.5 NEPM with The Fabulous 413 starting at 7pm!
See you soon!
Jun 28
![Solid Sound kicks off today at 3:30 with an absolutely stacked lineup of enduring favorites and emerging voices including Horsegirl, Jason Isbell + The 400 Unit, a Sylvan Esso DJ set, and, of course, Wilco, playing a special set of deep cuts! If you couldn’t make it to North Adams this year, you can follow along with live coverage on 88.5 NEPM with The Fabulous 413 starting at 7pm! See you soon!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re looking back at Lee Boroson’s 2014-15 exhibition Plastic Fantastic and the ways that it still resonates today.
Using obviously man-made materials such as plastic, glass, and fabric, Boroson emulates elemental forces in nature with each material becoming a surrogate for conditions and landscape features such as fog, wind, smoke, water, and lava. Boroson’s installations create artificial environments that challenge our perceptions of the landscape and make viewers question the relationship between the natural and the manufactured through his use of manmade, household materials.
Though almost a decade has passed since Plastic Fantastic closed at MASS MoCA, the questions that it raised about our culture’s reliance on materials created to be thrown away remain pressing. Can you think of any other exhibitions at MASS MoCA (in recent years or going on today) with similar themes? Comment them below!
Jun 27
![This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re looking back at Lee Boroson’s 2014-15 exhibition Plastic Fantastic and the ways that it still resonates today. Using obviously man-made materials such as plastic, glass, and fabric, Boroson emulates elemental forces in nature with each material becoming a surrogate for conditions and landscape features such as fog, wind, smoke, water, and lava. Boroson’s installations create artificial environments that challenge our perceptions of the landscape and make viewers question the relationship between the natural and the manufactured through his use of manmade, household materials. Though almost a decade has passed since Plastic Fantastic closed at MASS MoCA, the questions that it raised about our culture’s reliance on materials created to be thrown away remain pressing. Can you think of any other exhibitions at MASS MoCA (in recent years or going on today) with similar themes? Comment them below!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
@solidsoundfest goers from previous years likely witnessed “Forever In Your Debt” by @kelliraeadams in its beginning phases, where 900+ mostly empty vessels were placed in rows, awaiting participation from visitors. This year’s attendees will have the opportunity for a similar experience—just through a different lens.
“Forever In Your Debt” is approaching its final phase, culminating with “The Tally” in which artist kelli rae adams has begun tallying all of the collected coins that have accumulated during the installation’s final months on view. While the vessels will once again be mostly empty, visitors are invited to observe what has been collected from them.
The artist will be on-site throughout the day during Wilco’s Solid Sound on June 28–30. Plan your visit to see this thought-provoking installation in its final stages.
Jun 26
![@solidsoundfest goers from previous years likely witnessed “Forever In Your Debt” by @kelliraeadams in its beginning phases, where 900+ mostly empty vessels were placed in rows, awaiting participation from visitors. This year’s attendees will have the opportunity for a similar experience—just through a different lens. “Forever In Your Debt” is approaching its final phase, culminating with “The Tally” in which artist kelli rae adams has begun tallying all of the collected coins that have accumulated during the installation’s final months on view. While the vessels will once again be mostly empty, visitors are invited to observe what has been collected from them. The artist will be on-site throughout the day during Wilco’s Solid Sound on June 28–30. Plan your visit to see this thought-provoking installation in its final stages.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
The initially lush blooms in Kapwani Kiwanga`s "Flowers for Africa" have dried to husks, marking the upcoming culmination of "to see oneself at a distance" on June 30.
“to see oneself at a distance” proposes a kind of looking against the grain that focuses on revolutionary moments throughout the 20th century while complicating their over-romanticization. The four artists in the exhibition employ archival research to create artworks that explore decolonization not as an event horizon, but as a series of gestures, ruptures, and fragments that might ripple across time and space. Together, the artists in “to see oneself at a distance” demonstrate how once-triumphant histories of liberation are (mis)remembered, instrumentalized, negotiated, and endure into the present.
Make sure you come by this week to catch a last glimpse of this phenomenal exhibition!
Jun 24
![The initially lush blooms in Kapwani Kiwanga's "Flowers for Africa" have dried to husks, marking the upcoming culmination of "to see oneself at a distance" on June 30. “to see oneself at a distance” proposes a kind of looking against the grain that focuses on revolutionary moments throughout the 20th century while complicating their over-romanticization. The four artists in the exhibition employ archival research to create artworks that explore decolonization not as an event horizon, but as a series of gestures, ruptures, and fragments that might ripple across time and space. Together, the artists in “to see oneself at a distance” demonstrate how once-triumphant histories of liberation are (mis)remembered, instrumentalized, negotiated, and endure into the present. Make sure you come by this week to catch a last glimpse of this phenomenal exhibition!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Over the past year we have had the pleasure of seeing our visitors stroll through and observe "In What Way Wham? (White Noise and Other Works, 1996-2023)" by @josephgrigely. Luckily, there is still one more week to have that experience! Full of thousands of handwritten conversation notes, this exhibition explores the term "white noise" and how it can be represented visually—offering the viewer access to a new perspective and perhaps an introduction to the many nuances of communication and connection.
Jun 23
![Over the past year we have had the pleasure of seeing our visitors stroll through and observe "In What Way Wham? (White Noise and Other Works, 1996-2023)" by @josephgrigely. Luckily, there is still one more week to have that experience! Full of thousands of handwritten conversation notes, this exhibition explores the term "white noise" and how it can be represented visually—offering the viewer access to a new perspective and perhaps an introduction to the many nuances of communication and connection.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
There`s officially only one week until @solidsoundfest starts! After two long years, we can`t wait for every corner of MASS MoCA to be filled with rock `n roll again. Friday and Saturday passes are sold out, so make sure you snag your 3-day or Sunday tickets while we still have `em!
Jun 21
![There's officially only one week until @solidsoundfest starts! After two long years, we can't wait for every corner of MASS MoCA to be filled with rock 'n roll again. Friday and Saturday passes are sold out, so make sure you snag your 3-day or Sunday tickets while we still have 'em!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
While we might be spending most our time inside to avoid this heatwave, we’ll be staying cool next month at our free outdoor Chalet events! Our favorite riverside rendezvous starts July 11, and is here every Thursday evening until mid August. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re reflecting on summer’s past where visitors enjoyed an evening of music and camaraderie—all while taking in the museum views.
Jun 20
![While we might be spending most our time inside to avoid this heatwave, we’ll be staying cool next month at our free outdoor Chalet events! Our favorite riverside rendezvous starts July 11, and is here every Thursday evening until mid August. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re reflecting on summer’s past where visitors enjoyed an evening of music and camaraderie—all while taking in the museum views.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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