Purchase Not By Moonlight Anri Sala
December 3, 2008—March 1, 2009
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami

Purchase Not By Moonlight Anri Sala

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Answer Me, 2008 (right) HD video, stereo sound Duration 04:51 min Filmed in a former surveillance station in West Berlin, the work narrates a woman’s attempt to communicate with her partner whose drumming drowns out her words, except for her recurring plea: “answer me.” Doldrums, 2008 (on the floor) Altered Brady snare drums, loudspeaker parts, snare stands, drumsticks Self-playing snare drums were dispersed through the galleries, drumming to the rhythms of the films' respective soundtracks. Photo © Steven Brooke

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Debuting during Art Basel 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art Miami brings to the United States the first major museum showing for Albanian multi-media artist, Anri Sala. Known primarily for his video pieces invoking the communicative properties inherent in light and sound, the exhibition Purchase Not By Moonlight presents a multi-faceted collection of recent work. Curated in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, the site-specific exhibition creates an environment that asks viewers to participate...
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Anri Sala

Anri Sala was born in 1974 in Tirana, Albania. He received his BA in Painting and Sculpture from the National Academy of Arts Tirana, studied Video at the École Nationale des Arts...