Presented as part of “AUNTSforcamera” and R&D Season: CHOREOGRAPHY.

An important interactive component of the installation of “AUNTSforcamera” at the New Museum includes a series of nine artist-devised tours, which have been organized using AUNTS’ chain-curation model. Nine artists have been invited by “AUNTSforcamera” artists to create a response to the exhibition in the form of a tour, which will be performed exclusively for and with participating audiences. Megan Byrne was invited by Karl Scholz.

Scholz’s #auntsforcamera is an interactive social media platform that utilizes a downloadable app to accumulate eight-second user-generated dance videos into a single-channel loop. Byrne, whose work seeks to imbue audiences with different states of being through various choreographic strategies, has devised a tour for “AUNTSforcamera” inspired by the sense of elation that she identifies with Scholz and his work. Accompanied by a team of dancers, Byrne’s tour will lead participants through a score for eliciting joy in others, culminating in a pop-up dance-party-for-camera DJ’ed by Scholz.

In keeping with the spirit of AUNTS, the currency of exchange for attending these tours is not monetary; instead visitors must provide proof of submission to #auntsforcamera, an interactive work by Karl Scholz included in the “AUNTSforcamera” exhibition. #auntsforcamera utilizes the downloadable app OchoVideo to record eight-second user-generated video clips to become part of a sequenced single-channel video installation (on view in the New Museum lobby) that accumulates over the course of the entire project from September 8, 2014, to February 15, 2015.