DATE: Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15

TIME: 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

PLACE: The MoMA PS1 Courtyard MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City

ADMISSION: $15 per person per day Tickets available HERE

On April 14 and 15, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the admission fee to MoMA PS1 and the Kraftwerk Music Festival is $15. Included in this price is access to all exhibitions and that day of the festival.

MoMA PS1 presents a two-day music festival in the MoMA PS1 courtyard with Juan Atkins and Francois K to celebrate the exhibition Kraftwerk - Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and Kraftwerk's influence, technological innovation, and collaborative spirit.

Juan Atkins is regarded as one of the founding fathers of techno and is a close friend and collaborator of Francois K. Like many forms of dance, electronic and hip hop music, techno was heavily influenced and inspired by Kraftwerk's electronic acoustic innovations.

Francois K is one of New York's most legendary DJs and a long-time collaborator with Kraftwerk, having mixed their 1986 studio album, Electric Cafe as well as remixes for several other tracks. He was also behind many of New York's most legendary parties such as Body&SOUL and Deep Space every Monday night at Cielo.

On April 14 and 15 from 3:00 - 6:00pm, Juan Atkins and Francois K will draw inspiration from the Kraftwerk - Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA and the special exhibition in the MoMA PS1 Performance Dome to create an interior and exterior sound-scape installation in the form of a music festival. Visitors are invited to join with Juan Atkins and Francois K as they celebrate Kraftwerk’s groundbreaking influence and inspiration on both image and sound, through their own live interpretation, eventually with very special guest appearances.

RELATED EXHIBITIONS AT MoMA & MoMA PS1

Over eight consecutive nights, The Museum of Modern Art presents a chronological retrospective of Kraftwerk’s sonic, performative, and visual experiments in a presentation of its complete repertoire. Each evening consists ofa live performance and 3-D visualization of one of Kraftwerk’s studio albums— Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans Europe Express (1977), The Man- Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991), and Tour de France (2003)—in the order of their release, presented in MoMA’s Marron Atrium by Kraftwerk: Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, and Stefan Pfaffe. In addition, each night Kraftwerk presents other compositions from its catalogue, all adapted specifically for this exhibition.

In an eight-channel video and sound installation especially developed for Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, Kraftwerk also presents sound and visual material at the MoMA PS1 Performance Dome, from April 12–May 14, 2012.

Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art, and Director, MoMA PS1; with the assistance of Eliza Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA PS1.

SPONSORSHIP

The exhibition is made possible by a partnership with Volkswagen of America.

The MoMA PS1 Performance Dome is made possible by a partnership with Volkswagen of America.