Join Tufts University Art Galleries TUAG / Boston (SMFA at Tufts, 230 Fenway) for an opening celebration of an archive and/or a repertoire, featuring a performance by artist and Mobius Co-director, Forbes Graham.

an archive and/or a repertoire is the first exhibition examining the Mobius Inc. Records (c. 1968–2009) at the Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC) alongside embodied responses. The artist-run organization dedicated to experimental media was founded in c. 1977 by artist Marilyn Arsem who also founded the Performance Area at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), where she taught performance for over a quarter century. 

an archive and/or a repertoire situates the Mobius Inc. Records as a laboratory, exploring the liminal spaces between archives and the performances, new media projects, sound works, dance, and installations from the Boston-based group past and present.

During the exhibition opening, Graham will perform a newly commissioned work, The Dance of Functions (2025) engaging archival material and previous locations of Mobius Artists Group through programming languages and sound.

Learn more about the opportunities to celebrate with us at TUAG / Boston (SMFA at Tufts, 230 Fenway) and RSVP using the links below:

VIP PREVIEW
Wednesday, January 29
5–6PM

Join us for a private walkthrough with TUAG curator Laurel V. McLaughlin, artist Marilyn Arsem, and Theatre and Performance Studies PhD Candidate and TUAG Graduate Research Fellow, Wenxuan Xue before the community-wide celebration.

Register for the VIP Preview here.

RECEPTION
Wednesday, January 29
6–8PM

Toast to the exhibition with the Greater Boston arts community.

Register for the Opening Reception here.

Generous funding was provided by the Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC), Tufts University, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.