Poprally Celebrates Haegue Yang: Handles with Okkyung Lee
February 29, 2020 8:00pm
Immerse yourself in artist Haegue Yang’s shimmering multimedia installation, Handles, during an intimate evening of sound and performance with cellist, composer, and improviser Okkyung Lee. Drawing inspiration from diverse and seemingly dissonant sources that span both time and place, Yang’s installation is a playful take on the manifold meanings of “handle”; her dual reference—to that which is grasped by the hand and to the act of touching and maneuvering—sets a fitting stage for Lee’s own experimental, reactive handling of the cello and digital soundscapes. Accompanied by the choreographed activation of Yang’s installation, Lee’s performance enhances your experience of the Museum’s Marron Atrium as a dynamic space, as it comes alive as never before.
An open-bar reception with a bold, playful DJ set by Brooklyn-based Laenz will follow.
Cellist Okkyung Lee, originally from South Korea, has lived in New York since 2000. She works in a number of different contexts, both as a solo artist and as a collaborator with creators across genres. Lee harnesses a broad array of aural inspirations—including avant-garde noise, improvisation, jazz, Western classical, and the traditional and popular music of her homeland—to forge an entirely original approach to composing and playing that pushes contemporary cello performance into previously uncharted territories.
Tickets: $25
Location
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street btwn Fifth & Sixth Avenues
New York NY 10019 U.S.