Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause
The Museum of Modern Art•May 03, 2025 — Jul 06, 2025
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For more than 15 years, Rosa Barba has probed the boundaries between cinema, the body, and the human voice through immersive performances merging film, installation, music, and text. Conceived by Barba as an “exploded poem,” The Ocean of One’s Pause continues the artist’s use of audio as a means for image-making and a material for shaping space. “A film is a performer,” declares Barba. “By manipulating the aspects of the projector’s function, I try to introduce the relationship between the projected image and the mechanics of projection, setting up a series of stages…charged with electricity.”
In each performance of The Ocean of One’s Pause, the sonic frequencies of percussionist Chad Taylor, vocalist Alicia Hall Moran, and Barba herself will activate a symphony of images throughout the installation Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause. Rather than playing an accompanying role to the moving image, in this work, Barba has sound take center stage, prompting a live collaboration between…
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Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause
The Museum of Modern Art•May 03, 2025 — Jul 06, 2025
Press Release
For more than 15 years, Rosa Barba has probed the boundaries between cinema, the body, and the human voice through immersive performances merging film, installation, music, and text. Conceived by Barba as an “exploded poem,” The Ocean of One’s Pause continues the artist’s use of audio as a means for image-making and a material for shaping space. “A film is a performer,” declares Barba. “By manipulating the aspects of the projector’s function, I try to introduce the relationship between the projected image and the mechanics of projection, setting up a series of stages…charged with electricity.”
In each performance of The Ocean of One’s Pause, the sonic frequencies of percussionist Chad Taylor, vocalist Alicia Hall Moran, and Barba herself will activate a symphony of images throughout the installation Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause. Rather than playing an accompanying role to the moving image, in this work, Barba has sound take center stage, prompting a live collaboration between…
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