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Nástio Mosquito. Respectable Thief. 2016. Installation view of Projects 104: Nástio Mosquito. © 2016 Nástio Mosquito
Exhibition
Projects 104: Nástio Mosquito
23 Sep 2016 – 30 Oct 2016
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:30 – 17:30
- Saturday
- 10:30 – 19:00
- Sunday
- 10:30 – 17:30
- Monday
- 10:30 – 17:30
- Tuesday
- 10:30 – 17:30
- Wednesday
- 10:30 – 17:30
- Thursday
- 10:30 – 17:30
Address
- 11 West 53 Street
- New York
New York - NY 10019
- United States
Travel Information
- From the east side of Manhattan M1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to 53rd Street From the west side of Manhattan M50 cross-town to 50th Street. Proceed to 53rd Street.
- From the east side of Manhattan 6 train to 51st Street, transfer to the E or M train; one stop to 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue From the west side of Manhattan E or M train to 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue, or B, D, or F train to 47-50 Street Rockefeller Center
Through a multidisciplinary practice that bridges performance, music, video, installation, sound, and poetry, Nástio Mosquito tackles formidable subjects, from identity to faith to the complicated history of colonialism in his native country.
About
Projects 104: Nástio Mosquito comprises a new work, Respectable Thief, that investigates the act and effects of appropriation—the ways in which both individuals and cultures “take possession of what is useful,” as he has described, to construct identity, to maintain relationships, and to gain power. Mosquito is interested in the fluid possibilities of language both as a means of expression and as a tool for empowerment. Respectable Thief’s text-based visual and sonic elements recur and recombine across the Project’s three components: a single performance on September 23, 2016, in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters; a video installation; and several interventions across MoMA’s existing media platforms, including the display screens in the lobby, the Kids audio tour, and select social media channels. This is Mosquito’s first solo exhibition in a US museum.
