LEAN IN

On view during Frieze Week, MOCA presents a retrospective of the pioneering Los Angeles artist, Simone Forti. The first such exhibition on the West Coast, it will include weekly performances of her ‘Dance Constructions’ (1960—61), which drew on Forti’s studies in Marin County with choreographer Anna Halprin. Described by Forti as dances that “also can be seen as sculpture made of people”, the schedule includes the seminal Huddle, in which performers interlock their bodies, creating a surface for one breakaway performer at a time to climb over, eventually reaching solid ground and rejoining the group.

During preparations for the exhibition, photographer and director Gillian Garcia was granted access to the rehearsals for Huddle to create a special photo commission for Frieze Week. Capturing the patient labor of the performers as they realise this piece anew, Garcia creates a warm visual poem about parts and the whole, support and surrender, tension and joy.

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