MUSIC

Muqata’a

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 11 & 12, 2022
7:30 PM

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street, Midtown, Manhattan

$10-$15
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It was a brilliant idea to conjoin Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s installation exhibition May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth, which collects (among other things) field recordings of beleaguered people singing and dancing in Palestine, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, with a performance by the Palestinian electronic musician Muqata’a, who himself is an apt and interesting employer of found sounds and field recordings in his excellent music. On Saturday, Muqata’a presents music made specifically in response to the exhibition. On Sunday, he has a jam session with NYC’s own Hiro Kone.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Adequate French brasserie food in what must be admitted to be pretty spectacular surroundings at La Grande Boucherie.