{"id":54924,"date":"2025-01-23T11:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=54924"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:15:05","slug":"ceal-floyer-til-i-get-it-right-at-moca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=54924","title":{"rendered":"Ceal Floyer: \u2018Til I Get It Right at MOCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Conceptual artist Ceal Floyer is known for taking everyday situations and familiar objects, and reconfiguring them to achieve a sense of the absurd, alter our perceptions, or more simply, elicit a profound emotional response as is the case for her sound installation \u2018Til I Get It Right<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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First shown at dOCUMENTA (13), Germany in 2012, the piece is currently in the Museum of Contemporary Art as part of their ongoing South Stairwell Sound Series<\/em>. The sound installation itself is surprisingly straightforward. Floyer takes a short clip from a famous country song by Tammy Wynette from 1972 with the lyrics: \u201cSo I\u2019ll just keep on falling in love \u2018til I get it right\u201d, and edits out the phrase \u201cfalling in love\u201d, allowing the listener to insert their own feelings, anxieties, and meaning onto the phrase. Set to loop indefinitely like a record player needle stuck in a faulty groove of a vinyl, the installation is burrowed within a stairwell of the MOCA, a place of transition and movement. As visitors walk through, in between destinations, the sound echoes through the space; an earworm, a repeated mantra that sticks with you even long after you\u2019ve left. Floyer\u2019s simple rephrasing of a song lyrics invites listeners into a personal introspection on failure, yet persistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebekah Barona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Exhibition information: Ceal Floyer, \u2018Til I Get it Right<\/em>, September 8, 2024 \u2013 February 23, 2025, Museum of Contemporary Art, 158 Sterling Rd, Toronto. Museum hours: Wed \u2013 Thu & Sat \u2013 Sun 11 am \u2013 6 pm; Fri 11 am \u2013 9 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Rebekah Barona<\/strong>
\nFloyer invites listeners into a personal introspection on failure, yet persistence.<\/p>\n

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