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Cage a Swallow Can’t You But You Can’t Swallow A Cage Can You: A Sonnet Sequence for Roni Horn

Friday, November 6, 2009  7 PM  

Composed in honor of Roni Horn by poet Anne Carson, this performance of sung and spoken word features a mix of voice and harmonium. Icelandic musicians Olof Arnalds and Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur Ros, join Carson and poets R. Currie and Penelope Thomas for this special program. There is a second performance at 8pm.

This performance is free with Museum admission, which is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays, 6–9pm. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Roni Horn (b. 1955), bird (detail), 2008. Twenty pigment prints, 22 × 22 in. (55.9 × 55.9 cm) each. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zurich and London. © Roni Horn

Roni Horn (b. 1955), bird (detail), 2008. Twenty pigment prints, 22 × 22 in. (55.9 × 55.9 cm) each. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zurich and London. © Roni Horn

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