04/11/2026
To commemorate the MIT List Centerโs 40th anniversary, New Yorkโbased artist Gordon Hall presents 1โ2 pm, a lecture-performance that explores waiting as both subject and method. โ
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Through understated, choreographed gestures, Hall transforms Scott Burtonโs ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ (1985)โa cornerstone of the List Centerโs public art collectionโinto an active participant. In doing so, Hall draws connections between Burtonโs philosophy of seating, the architecture of the Wiesner Building, and the embodied politics of pause, delay, and attention.โ
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1-2 pm was first performed at the Pulitzer in 2024 at Wrightwood 659 in 2025.โ
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1: Gordon Hall, 1-2pm, performance at Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 2024. Photo: Alex Vanderheyden.โ
2: Gordon Hall, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, 2017. Pigmented cast concrete, color poster multiple, performance, 39 min. Performers: Mary Bok, Gordon Hall, Mike Peterson, Lou Desautels, Danny Harris. Photo: Cassandra Rodriguez.โ
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