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The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of
photography. By presenting projects and exhibitions that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.
Current Exhibitions
Limits of Photography
January 21-March 25, 2012
DetailsLimits of Photography explores the areas in which the viewer loses confidence in the veracity of a photographically-based work.
Events and Lectures
Video Playlist: Speechless
February 29, 2012 | Details
With an increasing abundance of technology at our collective fingertips, the potential for creating and disseminating moving images seems almost endless. Curated by Eric Fleischauer, Speechless is a one-night public screening of video work examining the role of technology in…
Limits of Digital Photography: A W.J.T. Mitchell Lecture
March 20, 2012 | Details
W.J.T. Mitchell is a scholar and theorist of media, visual art, and literature associated with the emergent fields of visual culture and iconology (the study of images across the media). This lecture argues against the view that digital photography does…
Survival Techniques Film Screening: Before Ai Weiwei and Enemies of the People
April 11, 2012 | Details
This screening pairs two documentary films that address ways humans interpret and cope with government oppression. For her film Before Ai Weiwei, director Daria Menozzi interviewed artist Ai Weiwei in 1995, and created a rare, intimate portrait of China’s most…
Aide-Mémoire: A lecture-performance by artist Uriel Orlow
April 25, 2012 | Details
Survival Techniques artist Uriel Orlow presents Aide-Mémoire, a lecture-performance that was first executed at the 54th Vince Biennale. During the program, Orlow will weave together salvaged film clips to create new narrative configurations that merge visions of the past and…