EVENTS

AKI SASAMOTO: SKEWED LIES (PERFORMANCE)

Aki Sasamoto is known for her groundbreaking performance/installation practice in which she presents improvised monologues and sequences of actions in specially prepared sculptural environments. She is performing selected works during Art Week Tokyo as part of her midcareer survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, “Aki Sasamoto’s Life Laboratory.”

At 11:30am on Saturday, November 8, she will perform Skewed Lies, first produced for “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1, New York, in 2010.

Artist Statement on Skewed Lies (2010)

This is a story about mosquitoes and how much I hate them.
This is a story about coincidences.
This is a story about Comedian, Lies, and Masseuse.
This is a story about petty crimes vs. noble crimes.
This is a story about skewed positions.
This is a story about...Masseuse is a mosquito, the Little Vampire.
This is a story about underground vs. above-ground.
This is a story about 3 deserts: Meringue, Flan, and Cake.

The performance will be conducted in Japanese.

HOURS
November 8, 11:30am

LOCATION
Exhibition Gallery 3F
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku

ADMISSION
Free with exhibition ticket; reservation required

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