Multimedia artist Tom Thayer will present two live performances, further activating his third-floor gallery installation with his own presence. Thayer’s installations are highly theatrical sight-sound environments featuring handmade backdrops, puppet-like figures, stop-motion collage animations, and vintage audio and image-making equipment. For his performances, he improvises on an array of self-made musical instruments, performs live animation and video mixing, and manipulates the objects in the installation to generate a quivering constellation of moving and static forms.
Free with Museum admission. Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tom Thayer (b. 1970), This Life is Nothing More Than Waiting for the Sky to Open, 2011. Paint on canvas, cardboard, string, wire and mixed media. 72 × 48 in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm). © Tom Thayer; collection of Michael Coppola and Ann Zumwalt, courtesy of Derek Eller Gallery, New York. Photograph courtesy Derek Eller Gallery, New York
