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'A Lot of Sorrow' Marathon: by Ragnar Kjartansson with The National

'A Lot of Sorrow' Marathon: by Ragnar Kjartansson with The National
When | Friday 22 May 2015, 6pm – 12am
Location | Artspace, Ground Floor

Overview

Artspace is pleased to present a late-night marathon of A Lot of Sorrow, by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson and United States band The National. Open until midnight, visitors are invited to relax with a beer and a pie to experience the full six hours of this immersive video work as The National perform for six hours straight, singing and strumming A Lot of Sorrow over and over again - 105 times, to be precise.

 

 

Ragnar Kjartansson and The National, 'A Lot of Sorrow', 2013–14, single-channel video, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 35 seconds. © Ragnar Kjartansson and The National, courtesy of the artists and Luhring Augustine, New York

Ragnar Kjartansson and The National, 'A Lot of Sorrow', 2013–14, single-channel video, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 35 seconds. © Ragnar Kjartansson and The National, courtesy of the artists and Luhring Augustine, New York

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