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Wu Tsang: Of Whales

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Wu Tsang: Of Whales

Installation view, Wu Tsang, Of Whales, 2022, the 59th Venice Biennale. Photos by Matteo De Fina. Courtesy the artist; Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin; Antenna Space, Shanghai; Cabinet, London.

This immersive installation offers a poetic meditation on the perspective of a sperm whale.

Wu Tsang (born 1982 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a cross-disciplinary artist who makes narrative and documentary film, live performance, and video installations. The immersive installation Of Whales forms part of her filmic trilogy inspired by Herman Melville’s classic 1851 American novel Moby DickOf Whales offers a poetic meditation on the perspective of a sperm whale, who plunges to the depths of the ocean for an hour at a time, surfacing occasionally for a breath of air. ... view more »

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Youth (13-18)  $0.00
Youth (0-12)  $0.00
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Museum closes at 5pm with the exception of Thursday and Friday in which it closes at 9pm.

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Museum closes at 5pm with the exception of Thursday and Friday in which it closes at 9pm.

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Sat, Apr 27, 2024

10:00 am at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

Sun, Apr 28, 2024

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Thu, May 2, 2024

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