Oneohtrix Point Never debuts new collaboration with Nate Boyce, RELIQUARY HOUSE

On December 17, 2011 PopRally premiered the multimedia performance RELIQUARY HOUSE by Oneohtrix Point Never and visual artist Nate Boyce, created specifically for The Museum of Modern Art.

OPN and Boyce re-imagine the canon of modernist sculpture through hallucinatory reconstructions of works by David Smith, Jacob Epstein, and Anthony Caro, among other sculptures in MoMA’s collection. Boyce uses computer-generated imagery to transform these sculptures into kinetic apparitions that inhabit incongruous and “impossible” landscapes and architectural environments. Abetted by OPN’s sound design, Boyce reconfigures the museum setting, pulling historical art objects into a new context.

This Fall, OPN and Boyce will bring RELIQUARY HOUSE to the UK/Europe for select dates.

Contact ned@littlebig.org.uk for booking info.

While you’re at it, check out the soundtrack he made for MEET YOUR CREATOR. Daniel composed music for a troupe of 16 quadrotors (flying robots) to dance to and manipulate sound and light at the Saacthi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase 2012. Watch here.