In conjunction with the opening of his exhibition at MoMA PS1, Ed Atkins presents a performance piece called Depression, about death, bodies, and disintegrating matter. Known for his high-definition videos that defy standard narrative conventions, Ed Atkins works with filmic and text-based forms in technological transition. For Atkins, HD images are otherworldly. Since they are recorded to a hard drive and not onto film, they are not tied to any physical medium. Because of HD’s virtualized form, Atkins considers this recent technology deathlike, a bodiless movie format.

ALSO HAPPENING THIS DAY AT PS1:

WINTER OPEN HOUSE

4 PM · VW Dome

On the occasion of the opening of his first New York solo show, Cyprien Gaillard invites West Coast rap pioneer Egyptian Lover and special guests to bridge the distance between Los Angeles' Watts Towers and the Temples of Abu Simbel, all under the roof of MoMA PS1's geodesic dome, in a celebration of both artists' mutual fascination with anachronism. In his work, Gaillard combines elements of the found, the photographic, the cinematic, the architectural, and the social to provoke visual or associative connections between ancient ruins and neglected contemporary spaces.