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This fall, MoMA PS1 presents Four Dilations, an exhibition that counters the dominant ways in which time is kept today. On view from October 23, 2025, through March 2, 2026, the exhibition thematizes temporal dilation, a physical phenomenon that describes how observers with distinct frames of reference experience the passing of time differently. The presentation includes sculpture, performance, and installation works that are developed from time-based practices, such as dance, filmmaking, and sonic composition. Four Dilations features durational and spatial works by an international group of artists who came of age under the new regime of digital time management, each making their New York museum debut: New York-based duo Michèle Graf and Selina Grüter (b. 1987, Wetzikon; b. 1991, Zurich), New York-based Nandi Loaf (b. 1991, New York), Berlin-based Richard Sides (b. 1985, Rotherham), and Oslo-based Nikhil Vettukattil (b. 1990, Bengaluru). Reconsidering the concept of “now” in the present, their works use techniques of distortion, recursion, and elongation. Four Dilations expands on art historian Pamela M. Lee’s notion of “chronophobia” as the anxiety felt by artists in the 1960s affected by the existential crises of the nascent information age.
Organized by Kari Rittenbach, Assistant Curator.
Leadership support is provided by the Teiger Foundation Exhibition Fund, which is committed to curatorial experimentation at MoMA PS1.
Generous support is provided by Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council.
Additional support is provided by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York.
Special thanks to the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
Learn more about the exhibition on our website.
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Installation view of Four Dilations, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 23, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter. History. 2025. Hardware and electronics. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Nandi Loaf. D.ynamic U.tility M.atrix A.utomated S.ystem S.entience. 2025. LED screen, aquariums, USB port hubs, USB miners, hardware, and cables. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Nandi Loaf. D.ynamic U.tility M.atrix A.utomated S.ystem S.entience (detail). 2025. LED screen, aquariums, USB port hubs, USB miners, hardware, and cables. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Four Dilations, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 23, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Four Dilations, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 23, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Nandi Loaf. RUDOLPH (detail). 2025. Legos and electronics. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Four Dilations, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 23, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter. Machine. 2024. Painted hardware and electronics. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter. Clock Work. 2023. Painted hardware and electronics. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Richard Sides. the blow is what it does. 2025. Video (color, silent). Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio