Exhibition

Carl Craig: Party/After-Party

6 Mar 2020 – 7 Sep 2020

Regular hours

Monday
11:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
11:00 – 18:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 18:00
Sunday
11:00 – 18:00

Special hours

12-Mar-2020
Closed
20-Mar-2020
Closed
28-Mar-2020
Closed

Cost of entry

$15 General
$12 Students and seniors
Free for Dia members and children under 12

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Dia Art Foundation commissioned acclaimed Detroit-based techno DJ and producer Carl Craig to create a sound installation at Dia Beacon in Beacon, New York, in dialogue with the unique architecture of the space.

About

Party/After-Party (2020) marks his first commission for an art institution and culminates a five-year-long engagement with Dia. This new commission reimagines Dia Beacon’s lower level, creating a sonic environment that is anchored to the site’s manufacturing history as a former Nabisco packaging factory and recalling a techno tradition of reclaiming industrial spaces for radical experimentation. Deeply personal, the work accesses both the euphoria of the club environment and the loneliness that follows this collective experience.

Technology, modular repetition, and serialism define the intersection between techno and Minimalist sound—the latter of which Dia has been instrumental in supporting, such as through its decades-long partnerships with La Monte Young and Max Neuhaus. Artists working in both Minimalist sound and techno share a foundational interest in reflecting and repurposing the infrastructural sounds of urban environments. In Party/After-Party, techno music reverberates through the semidarkness, the auditory experience shifting from a euphoric rise to the subsequent emotional comedown inherent to the communal rush of the dance floor.

Opening performance March 7, 2020, 7pm

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