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Aki Sasamoto: Delicate Cycle Performance Saturday, October 8 at 3PM SculptureCenter 44-19 Purves Street Long Island City, NY 11101 *This performance is sold out. Please email info@sculpture-center.org to be added to the waitlist or sign up for a later performance here: http://goo.gl/JpQmzL Aki Sasamoto (born 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan. Lives and works in New York) presents a cycle of performances articulating a stream of consciousness and associations between various elements—such as washing machines, bed sheets, and mobile units—that she has incorporated in her sculptures on view in Delicate Cycle, her solo exhibition on view at SculptureCenter from September 19, 2016 to January 2, 2017. RSVP Tickets to the October 8 performance are SOLD OUT. Additional performances will take place on: Sunday, September 18 at 4:30PM (Sold Out) Saturday, September 24 at 3PM (Sold Out) Saturday, October 22 at 3PM (Sold Out) Saturday, November 19 at 3PM (Sold Out) Saturday, December 17 at 3PM (Sold Out) To reserve tickets: http://goo.gl/JpQmzL Aki Sasamoto: Delicate Cycle is the artist's first solo exhibition in a New York museum. Working at the intersection of performance and sculpture, Sasamoto creates object scenarios out of narratives and actions. For her exhibition in SculptureCenter's lower level galleries, Sasamoto has created a new body of work in relation to the site. Exhibition information: http://goo.gl/GQ1F6q Aki Sasamoto has been included in group exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2013); Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (2013); CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (2012); and the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2010). Recent performances include Food Rental at the High Line, New York (2015); Wrong Happy Hour/The Last Call at Parasophia, Japan (2015); and Sunny in the Furnace at The Kitchen, New York (2014). On view concurrently at SculptureCenter: Cosima von Bonin: Who’s Exploiting Who in the Deep Sea?, the influential German artist’s first solo museum exhibition in New York City, examining her fascination with the sea. September 19, 2016–January 2, 2017 Exhibition information: http://goo.gl/DVJyW5 Image: Aki Sasamoto, The Last Call, Wrong Happy Hour, performance in Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture, March 20, 2015. Courtesy Parasophia Office. Photo: Takahiro Iikawa