{"id":600504,"date":"2023-12-07T19:41:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lrain-named-guest-curator-of-whitney-biennial-2024-performance-program\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T19:41:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:41:20","slug":"lrain-named-guest-curator-of-whitney-biennial-2024-performance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lrain-named-guest-curator-of-whitney-biennial-2024-performance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"#L\u2019Rain named guest curator of Whitney Biennial 2024 performance program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360986d879e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-257971\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_54_c2wxrh\/l-rain-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-tonjethilesen-hl-en-tonje-thilesen-a.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_54_c2wxrh\/l-rain-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-tonjethilesen-hl-en-tonje-thilesen-a.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_54_c2wxrh\/l-rain-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-tonjethilesen-hl-en-tonje-thilesen-a.jpg 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class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      L\u2019Rain. Photo by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tonjethilesen\/?hl=en\">Tonje Thilesen<\/a>.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-257972\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The organizers of the 2024 Whitney Biennial have t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed Taja Cheek a.k.a. L\u2019Rain as the guest curator of the event\u2019s performance program. Chrissie Iles and Meg Onlie have tasked Cheek with developing \u201ca performance and sound <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> in the Museum\u2019s galleries and theater space that represents the forefront of contemporary experimental performance and sound,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Cheek has long had a foothold in the world of artistic programming: She\u2019s done curatorial work for New York City institutions such as Creative Time, the High Line, the Kitchen, and MoMA PS1, where she worked on staple series like Warm Up and Sunday Sessions. This past summer, she was the first-ever artist curator of Celebrate Brooklyn!, NYC\u2019s longest-running free concert series. But until recently, she\u2019s made an effort to insulate that path from the rapidly accelerating success of her own musical project, L\u2019Rain. (Cheek released her third L\u2019Rain album, <i>I Killed Your Dog<\/i>, in October.)<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cNo one explicitly told me I needed to keep those things separate,\u201d Cheek <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/lrain-interview-taja-cheek-curating-2024-whitney-biennial-1234910807\/amp\/\">told <i>Rolling Stone<\/i> <\/a>in an interview discussing her new appointment to the 2024 Whitney Biennial\u2019s programming team. \u201cI just didn\u2019t want anyone to think that I was trying to be slimy or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Elsewhere in the interview, she discussed the power of sound to transform a stuffy exhibition into a vibrant community occasion. \u201cCommunity happens around events, more than exhibitions,\u201d she explained. \u201cThere\u2019s something about sound, too, that can be a secret cheat code, or like a portal for museums. Because it\u2019s visceral, because it\u2019s hard to explain, because it\u2019s something that a lot of people have access to in their daily life.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cIt literally shakes the walls,\u201d she says. \u201cThere\u2019s something subversive about that in a fundamental sense.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-257973\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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