Alexandre Estrela: Flat Bells

November 04, 2023 – January 07, 2024

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art presents Alexandre Estrela: Flat Bells, on view in The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio from November 4, 2023, through January 7, 2024. In the room-sized work conceived for the Studio, floating metal plates, shimmering video animations, and an immersive soundscape fill the space, dictated by the ever-changing rhythm of an algorithmic system designed by the artist. Flat Bells is Alexandre Estrela’s (Portuguese, b. 1971) first exhibition in New York. Drawing on a long history of self-generating artworks, from automated computer graphics to kinetic sculpture, Estrela’s immersive multimedia environment considers forms of artificial life and timely questions of machinic agency and human perception

Organized by Sophie Cavoulacos, Associate Curator, Department of Film, with May Makki, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance.

The exhibition is presented as part of The Hyundai Card Performance Series.

Leadership funding is provided by the Jill and Peter Kraus Endowed Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions.

Major support is provided by the Sarah Arison Endowment Fund for Performance and by the Wallis Annenberg Director’s Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art.

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Alexandre Estrela. Flat Bells [detail]. 2023, computer-generated video and shadow projection. Courtesy the artist and Travesía Cuatro, Madrid

Alexandre Estrela. Flat Bells [detail]. 2023, computer-generated video and shadow projection. Photography: João Neves. Courtesy the artist and Travesía Cuatro, Madrid

Installation view of Alexandre Estrela: Flat Bells, on view at The Museum of Modern Art November 4, 2023 through January 7, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Dorado.