Ragnar Kjartansson and The National: A Lot of Sorrow

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Jun 14 2017 - Sep 2 2017

A Lot of Sorrow is a six-hour, single-channel video by Ragnar Kjartansson of a performance at MoMA PS1 by the indie-rock band The National. For this video, Kjartansson asked The National to play their three-minute, twenty-five second hit song “Sorrow” live on stage, repeatedly and continuously, for over six hours.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

  • Multi-media / Digital / Video
  • European
  • Contemporary
  • Ragnar Kjartansson

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