Programs • MOCA

Oct October 2017

EVERY THURSDAY: 5:30PM & 6:30PM | EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12PM & 2PM

EVERY THURSDAY: 5:30PM & 6:30PM

EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12PM & 2PM

Exhibition Highlight Tours

Educators offer walkthroughs of current exhibitions at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Walkthroughs begin in the lobby and last about 45 minutes; no reservations are required for individuals.
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Oct 5 — Jan 8

MOCA Store
Oct 5 — Jan 8

MOCA Store

Store Pop-Up: Poketo

MOCA Store at MOCA Grand Avenue presents a pop-up shop with Los Angeles–based Poketo.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Oct 5, 7pm

Performance
Thursday
Oct 5, 7pm

Performance

Anna Maria Maiolino: Solitário ou Paciência (Solitaire or Patience)

Created by Anna Maria Maiolino as the centerpiece of a 1976 exhibition, Solitário ou Paciência (Solitaire or Patience) was a performance in which the artist sat silently at a table playing the game of solitaire.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Oct 5, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
Oct 5, 7pm

Screening

SCREEN: HYSTERICAL DOCUMENT

SCREEN: HYSTERICAL DOCUMENT presents film and video works from Lida Abdul, Walid Raad, and Jennifer Saparzadeh that disrupt the moving image’s function as a documentary tool, articulating its inability to render an objective reality of political history.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Opened Oct 6 – Closes Dec 17

Opened Oct 6 –
Closes Dec 17

Opened Oct 6 – Closes Dec 17

storefront: Artist Curated Projects: Anna Sew Hoy
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Oct 8, 1pm

All Ages
Sunday
Oct 8, 1pm

All Ages

Sunday Studio

Sunday Studio is MOCA’s free drop-in art-making program, featuring exploratory art experiences for makers of all ages and skill levels.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Oct 12, 6pm

Performance
Thursday
Oct 12, 6pm

Performance

Mark So: readings 54, for Manfred

Mark So’s readings 54, for Manfred (2016– ) is a portable, flexible reading library accompanied by a looping 20-minute audio tape that marks and recalls passages of time as well as passages of text which occasionally are read aloud and recorded. Shown in parallel with So’s texts, Kate Brown’s photographs, t…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Oct 12, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
Oct 12, 7pm

Screening

James Benning: READERS World Premiere

In Person: James Benning
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Oct 19, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
Oct 19, 7pm

Lecture

Elena Shtromberg

Art historian Elena Shtromberg specializes in modern and contemporary Latin American visual culture, with a specific focus on Brazil and the U.S.-Mexico border region.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Opens Oct 22 – Closes May 13 2018

Opens Oct 22 –
Closes May 13 2018

Opens Oct 22 – Closes May 13 2018

Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theater of Disappearance
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Oct 26, 7pm

Performance
Thursday
Oct 26, 7pm

Performance

MOCA Music: Bana Haffar and Stephanie Cheng Smith

Haffar is a Los Angeles–based instrumentalist, modular synth aficionada, and co-creator of “Modular on the Spot,” a monthly outdoor happening on the Los Angeles River. Composer, performer, and programmer Stephanie Cheng Smith creates interactive installations and through-composed (continuous and non-repetitive) mus…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA