Janet Cardiff's The Forty Part Motet installed at MoMA PS1 (detail), 2001; photo: courtesy Janet Cardiff and MoMA PS1
Member Event
The Forty Part Motet Preview and Reception
Thursday, Nov 12, 2015
5:30 p.m.
Fort Mason Center, Gallery 308
Experience acclaimed media artist Janet Cardiff’s immersive and moving sound installation in its California debut. Considered Cardiff’s masterwork, The Forty Part Motet is a reworking of sixteenth-century English composer Thomas Tallis’s transcendent Spem in Alium. This exhibition is on view at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture from November 14, 2015 through January 18, 2016.
Director’s Circle and Artist’s Circle members are invited to attend an exclusive preview and reception.
For more information, or to join Director’s Circle or Artist’s Circle, please contact Jacqueline Rais at 415.357.4085 or jrais@sfmoma.org.