Guests at the L.A. museum’s annual gala, who included Keanu Reeves and Jodie Foster, got a first chance to experience DJ-producer Carl Craig’s immersive light-and-soundscape work Party/After-Party: 'It's so intense and the vibrations are so strong.'
Running through July 23, the exhibit is the creation of DJ and music producer Carl Craig. Burton said the show brings together themes of both celebration and alienation. “It’s a 30-minute immersive experience — this idea that in 30 minutes you experience the revelry of a party and then the kind of after-party feeling where you’ve been out dancing all night and people start to drift away,” said Burton, who joined the museum in late 2021.
Many attendees donned sequined and beaded outfits with one gala guest, Lauren Nathanson, wearing a pink tulle skirt with white lights woven into it, all in keeping with the evening’s dress code. “Our attire is called Catch the Light in honor of Carl Craig,” said MOCA board chair and Advancement Committee co-chair Terry Smooke, adding that, “Frankly, the way the world has changed, we’re trying to catch whatever light there is out there.
Hagi Craig, Moodymann, Alex Sloane, Carl Craig and Mirko Loko attend MOCA Gala 2023 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles.During dinner, where spring panzanella salad, branzino and sticky toffee olive-oil cake by Savore were served, Burton gave remarks and shared that MOCA’s next big show of works from the permanent collection will take over the museum’s entire Grand Avenue space.
In a video montage, MOCA also thanked artists Mark Bradford and Catherine Opie, who are ending their runs as museum board members, for their service to the
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