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UPCOMING
EVENTS / PAST EVENTS
MOCAD hosts musical, literary, and artistic events throughout
the year. Check back often or contact us at info@mocadetroit.org
if you would like to be kept up to date on upcoming events.
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Thursday, June 21 through Friday, June 29
8 DAYS IN JUNE: CREATIVITY OUT OF CONFLICT
Since the beginning of time conflict has been the biggest force in shaping the world in which we live. In the midst of racial, religious, political and personal conflicts, artists have produced astonishing works. Chaos can breed beauty. MOCAD is partnering with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and the College for Creative Studies (CCS) to present a special collaborative effort, 8 Days in June - Creation out of Conflict.
Artwork will be created for the festival by local artists, including Gil Ashby, Alex Grossfeld, Scott Northrup, Mathew Pritchard, Derek Roberts, Derek Schultz and Haewon Yoo. These works will be on display at MOCAD and at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
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Friday, June 29 at 9pm
the eASTERN sEABOARD trio
A group of young artists based out of New York City blending the best elements of John Coltrane's elemental free jazz with the controlled dissonance of indie-art pioneers like Sonic Youth and Glenn Branca. Featuring the talents of acoustic bassist Jordon Schranz and percussionist Seth Nana, performing the compositions of fellow trio member and multi-reed player Brent Bagwell.
Listen to "Minerals" (off of their release Nonfiction on Black Saint records)
Visit the eASTERN
sEABOARD TRIO website
and Black Saint website
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Thursday, June 28 at 7pm
FILM NIGHT: MODELS OF AVANT-GARDE FILM, PROGRAM 1, VOICE
Guy Debord:
Society of the Spectacle (1973)
Critique of Separation (1961)
The opening season of avant-garde and experimental films at MOCAD will explore models of avant-garde film-making opening with works that explore the separation of voice from image in both a didactic and poetic way, touching upon the relationship between beauty and time, as well as explorations of the nature of what a critical cinema might be.
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Wednesday, June 27 at 7pm
STATE OF THE ART: ARTS WRITING IN DETROIT
A dialogue on collecting would not be complete without a look at the state of
arts writing whether it be from an academic perspective, print journalism, or
internet-based perspective. Several members of the Detroit arts writing community
take a detailed look at this important topic.—
Presenters will include:
Jeffrey Abt, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Wayne State University
Roger Green, Arts and Architecture Writer, The Ann Arbor News
Rebecca Mazzei, Arts and Culture Editor, MetroTimes
Nick Sousanis, Editor, theDetroiter.com
Moderated by Michael Hodges, The Detroit News
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Saturday, June 23 at 10pm
"NEW MUSIC DETROIT" AND "PROJECT"
As part of the 8 Days in June Festival, MOCAD is pleased to present "New Music Detroit" and New York City based group, "Project". This innovative performance will feature work by Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Louis Andriessen among others.
Visit Project's website: www.whatisproject.org
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Sunday June 17 from 3pm - 5pm
MARICK PRESS: MOCAD-WSU PRESS AUTHOR READING
Marick Press, MOCAD, and WSU Press are building on their successful individual readings to form a series of Spring/Summer collaborative readings highlighting local writers and artists. The second event of a three part series, this event will feature readings by Russel Thorburn, Marion Jackson, and Kim Hunter
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Saturday, June 16 from 2pm - 4pm
MANOSBUCKIUS COOPERATIVE
Intensely purposeful in its purposelessness, the ManosBuckius Cooperative is a two-woman team that interacts physically with technological devices by using them to perform unconventional, bizarre and highly non-productive tasks. This improvisational performance will utilize found objects at MOCAD (chairs, stairs, carts, rolling stairs) to question the paradigms for productivity and functionality.
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Friday, June 1 at 9pm
THE RAW TRUTH ENSEMBLE w/ SPECIAL GUESTS
World-class Detroit Jazz Improvisation "Raw Truth Ensemble," headed by Michael Carey (reeds), Skeeter C.R. Shelton (multiple reeds), and Ali Allen Colding (percussion) will perform.
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Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27 at
9pm
DETROIT ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL AFTERPARTY
Saturday cover charge: $15
Sunday cover charge: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Part of Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival 2007, Paxahau presents
two nights of DJ's, music, and dancing at MOCAD.
For more information visit www.demf.com.
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Friday, May 25 at 9pm
LITTLE BANG THEORY
A "toy band" led by artist and object maker, Frank Pahl. Little Bang Theory features Pahl, alongside, former Immigrant Sun, Doug Shimmin and Ann Arbor choreographer Terri Sarris. They perform semi-improvisational music on store-bought electro-acoustic toys that "runs the gamut from improvisation to toy pop to soundtrack-inspired music."
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Sunday, May 20 from 3pm - 5pm
MARICK PRESS: MOCAD-WSU PRESS AUTHOR READING
Marick Press, MOCAD, and WSU Press are building on their successful individual readings to form a series of Spring/Summer collaborative readings highlighting local writers and artists. The first event of a three part series, this event will feature readings by Dorene O'Brien, Vince Carducci, and Robert Fanning.
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Sunday, May 20 at 1pm
A CURATORS' CONVERSATION ON COLLECTING
This will be a discussion of the Aaron Collection including the politics, concepts and contextualization of the work in the STUFF show. Each of the presenters will participate in a special walking tour analyzing individual pieces and artists. A question and answer session will follow the tour.
Presenters will include:
Burt Aaron, Arts Patron (Ann Arbor, MI); Michelle Grabner, Artist/Writer/Curator, The Suburban (Oak Park, IL.); Becky Hart, Associate Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI); Helga Pakasaar, Curator, The Presentation House Gallery (Vancouver, Canada); Moderated by artist-educator, John Corbin, Department of Humanities, Oakland Community College.
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Saturday, May 19 from 6 - 10 PM
DCC CRASHES MOCAD: AN URBAN ARTS EXPLOSION
High-Profile Art & Action to Benefit Detroit Central City featuring:
Art The work of John "Crash" Matos. Artwork from "Crash" & Camilo Pardo will be for sale at the event.
Music DJ Cisco spinning salsa and merengue; the jazz stylings of The Cliff Monear Trio & The Michael Bermudez Jazz Ensemble.
Action Personal appearance by "Crash". Breakdancing performance by Hardcore Detroit & live models sporting the new Brook Avenue clothing line!
Event Honorary Chairs Denise Ilitch, Emery King, Camilo Pardo, Ron Savage & Carla Schwartz.
Detroit Central City... Empowering the Community, Rebuilding Lives; a 501(c)3 non-profit serving the homeless and mentally ill in Detroit and Wayne County.
$50 per person includes strolling hors d'oeuvres
buffet and cash bar. Valet parking available. For tickets:
Visit www.dcccmh.org or
call 313-831-3160 ext. 6998.
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Saturday, May 12, 4pm & 7pm
A GALLERY WALK THROUGH OF STUFF
Please join us for a special introductory tour of the STUFF show. Led by artist-educator John Corbin, Burt Aaron, and curatorial assistant for contemporary art at the DIA, Cathleen Lewis.
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Friday, May 11 at 6 PM
STUFF:
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF BURT AARON
6 - 8 PM: Opening reception with cash bar
8 - 10 PM: Music by the Northwoods Improvisers w/ special guests Faruq Z Bey,
Skeeter Shelton & Michael Carey
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is proud to
present STUFF: International Contemporary Art from the
Collection of Burt Aaron. Featuring over 100 works of
art by over 75 artists, this show brings rarely seen
work from a private collection to the public eye.
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Album cover for To Live & Shave in LA (left) and Aaron Dilloway (right) |
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Christopher Fachini and the Mental Machine |
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A "Call for Talent"
flyer posted in the window of a Hazel Park business. |
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Lightning Bolt (photo by Benjamin Hernandez)
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Jeff Karolski, Fri.
Aug 23rd '02 (left, photo by Benjamin Miguel Hernandez)
and Perfect Wieners and Butts (right) |
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Nate Young (left, photo by Doug Coombe); Princess Dragon Mom (right) |
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Wednesday, March 21 at 5 PM
wordMusic: A SOUND PERFORMANCE OF PERCUSSION AND POETRY
(in English and German)
wordMusic was founded by Esther Dischereit in 1995. Her poetry frees words and allows them to expand, attach to furniture, close doors, create fields of interwoven space. Since the founding of wordMusic, Dischereit has worked together with the percussionist, performer, and composer Ray Kaczynsi. His beats, melodic rhythms, and humorous and ironic cascades form musical installations that tell their own stories. wordMusic is about the language of music and the sound of language. Kaczynski plays percussion. Dischereit plays words. Together they create duets both boisterous and delicate. Rhythms become melodies, the text takes over the rhythm. wordMusic is an improvised meeting of sounds.
This event is sponsored by German
and Slavic Studies, the Uwe K. Faulhaber Endowment for Applied German Studies, the Foreign Film Nites Series of the Foreign Language Technology Center, the Cohn-Haddow-Center for Judaic Studies, the English
Department, the Humanities Center, the History
Department, and the Study Group for Diasporic Avant-Gardes of Wayne
State University.
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Ray Kaczynsi and Esther Dischereit |
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Friday, March 9 at 9 PM
MUSIC AT MOCAD: THE BLACKMAN: LIVE! W/ LARVAL
Live MC's and hardcore urban funk from legendary Detroit
hype-man, the Blackman, and his funk revue comprised of area
luminaries Piranhahead, Ras Kente, plus members of Parliament-Funkadelic,
Soul Clique, and the Beast Crew. Also performing are composer
Bill Brovold and his thundering, orchestral prog-rock ensemble,
Larval.
Listen to Larval at the Cuneiform website
and at Bill Brovold/Larval's Myspace page
Watch a video of Blackman, live, at MOCAD.
Watch a video of Larval, live, at MOCAD.
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Bill Brovold (left) and
the Blackman (right, photo by Dave Krieger)
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Service at Immaculate
Conception Church in Poletown not long before the church
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His Name is Alive
(left) and Odd Clouds (right) |
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1830 Plan Map of
City of Detroit |
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Dan Peterman's "Proposed Bike Shed from Standard Kiosk (Chicago)," 2004; computer realization by Chuck Seen. |
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Skeeter Shelton (left) and Michael Carey (right) |
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Saturday, February 17 at 7 PM
FILMS AT MOCAD
Detroit Park, 2005, Julie Murray, 8 min.
Detroit Block, 2006, Julie Murray, 7 min.
Invisible City, Jack Cronin, 11 min.
Vacancy, Brandon Walley, 6 min.
I Pity the Fool, Brent Coughenhour, 90 min.
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Sunday, February 4 at 2 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: IMPROVE YOUR LOT! NEW RESPONSES TO VACANT LAND
In recent years, many Detroit residents have purchased vacant,
city-owned lots adjacent to their homes. This roundtable
discussion will bring together stakeholders and interested
parties to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved
in making such purchases and property improvements. Roundtable
participants will include Tobias Armborst, Daniel D'Oca
and Georgeen Theodore (Interboro), Margaret Dewar (Professor
of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan),
Stephen Zacks (Associate Editor, Metropolis magazine),
Ashley Atkinson (Project Manager, The Greening of Detroit),
and others.
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Catherine Ferguson
Academy, Detroit. Photo by Ingo Vetter. |
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Bad Party (left) and The Frustrations (right) |
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Friday,
February 2, 6 - 9 PM
Opening Reception: Shrinking Cities
at Cranbrook Art Museum and MOCAD
Shrinking Cities, a project by Germany's Federal
Cultural Foundation, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, explores
a form of urban development that has become a global phenomenon.
Starting in 2002, local teams were commissioned in Detroit
(USA), Manchester/Liverpool (Britain), Ivanovo (Russia),
and Halle/Leipzig (Germany) to investigate and document processes
of urban shrinking. In more than fifty exhibition contributions,
artists, architects, filmmakers, journalists, culture experts,
and sociologists reveal and illuminate the changing realities
of these cities.
9 PM - 12 Midnight
MUSIC AT MOCAD
Odu Afrobeat Orchestra and Human Eye
Odu Afrobeat Orchestra is a fourteen-piece Afro-beat orchestra
comprised of some of Detroit's finest musicians. The band
Human Eye will also perform. $10 cover charge.
Visit the Odu
Afrobeat Orchestra's page on MySpace.
The Shrinking Cities exhibit is a collaboration
between MOCAD and the Cranbrook Art Museum.
Read more about
the exhibit here or visit the Shrinking
Cities website. Email info@mocadetroit.org to
be kept up-to-date on events connected to Shrinking Cities.
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The ODU Afrobeat
Orchestra and Human Eye (pictured) will perform at the Shrinking
Cities opening
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Mitch Cope
Fortifications Detroit (Map Detail)
2004
Detroit City map, Guache, white out |
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Friday,
January 5 at 8:00 PM
MEDITATIONS ON WAR
8 - 9 PM
Readings and ruminations by:
Brad Duncan (writer, activist, renowned
collector of Revolutionary paraphernalia), Marilynn
Rashid (writer, poet), Chris Tysh
(writer, poet, playwright), and Mick Vranich
(poet, musician).
Watch a video of Duncan, Rashid, and Vranich at MOCAD.
9 PM
Film Screening: Winter Soldier
A documentary movie about veterans chronicling their own experiences
in Vietnam, filmed and produced in Detroit in 1971. Official
selection of Berlin and Cannes film festivals, screened at
the Whitney Museum. This film was only screened in Detroit
once before at Detroit Film Theater (DFT).
For additional information on the film, Winter Soldier,
visit:
IMDB
page for Winter Soldier
Winter
Soldier website
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