Antenna International Produces The Museum of Modern Art's Walking Tour App for Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series

Antenna International announces that it has produced the audio for The Museum of Modern Art's new self-guided audio tour of Harlem, a companion to One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Work, on view now through September 7, 2015. The tour guides smartphone users through key Harlem landmarks and institutions from the 1930s and 1940s, the period during which Jacob Lawrence began his career as an artist.

Jacob Lawrence was just 13 years old when he moved to Harlem in 1930, by which time it had become a major center of Black culture as a result of the Great Migration: the movement of millions of Black Americans leaving the poverty and segregation of the rural south in search of opportunities in the factories of the industrial north beginning around World War I. The tour explores places that were important to Jacob Lawrence's life and career, and works of art created by other artists Lawrence knew.

Antenna producers weaved together archival audio of Jacob Lawrence, interviews with key cultural leaders who contribute to Harlem's cultural vibrancy today, and on-location recording and writing to offer a site-specific narrative that captures Lawrence's story.

Avra Rice was interviewed at The New York Urban League, an institution located in the same building since the 1920's, making it one of the few historic places that can be seen almost exactly as it was at that time. Other interviews from Leah Dickerman, curator of One-Way Ticket, Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem; Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, author; and Elinor Tatum, Editor-in-Chief, New York Amsterdam News, complete the narrative and leave participants with a deeper appreciation for the artist, his era, and Harlem itself.

"We wanted to offer visitors the chance to experience these audio artifacts in the context of his place and from the perspectives of those important to him and to his community," said Jessica Taylor, VP Experience Design at Antenna International. "Harlem became a part of Jacob Lawrence and Jacob Lawrence became a part of Harlem. This tour is an opportunity to step out of the gallery and into the environment and community that shaped his work."

The Jacob Lawrence Harlem walking tour is available at: http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2015/onewayticket/walking-tour/

About Antenna International

Antenna International is the world leader in handheld audio and multimedia guides, as well as mobile applications, in the global cultural arena. Each year more than 62 million visitors enjoy an Antenna experience helping them to make a lasting connection with over 450 of the world's most famous, fascinating and frequented locations. With a proud heritage of innovation, Antenna has been responsible for every major development in mobile interpretation since the days of the cassette player, enabling people to see more clearly, understand more deeply and appreciate more widely on a variety of platforms and in multiple languages. Founded in 1984, Antenna International is a global company with offices in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

About The Museum of Modern Art

Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world.

Through the leadership of its Trustees and staff, The Museum of Modern Art manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving, and documenting a permanent collection of the highest order that reflects the vitality, complexity and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art; by presenting exhibitions and educational programs of unparalleled significance; by sustaining a library, archives, and conservation laboratory that are recognized as international centers of research; and by supporting scholarship and publications of preeminent intellectual merit.