January 19, 2007 at 6:34 pm · Filed under SLOAN, parties, artists, art, nyc, dougaitken, moma, videoart
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Thursday night we got to check out Doug Aitken’s Sleepwalkers and attend the opening night party in the lobby and mezzanine area of the MoMA (thanks Daniel!).
The West wall - the building is alive!
One of the projectors.
Unfortunately it happened to be one of the coldest nights this winter - not exactly the best scenario in which to view an outdoor art piece. Nevertheless, the scene in the sculpture garden was stunning and the characters were interesting to watch. (I’ve always been fascinated with Tilda Swinton).
Tilda’s giant arm.
Doug, with Charles Renfro’s back of head, in the sculpture garden.
Me freezing, in line for the party, with Doug’s jacket - he’s the best.
At 10PM the projections stopped and it was time for the party. It was completely packed!
But luckily we were upstairs by the “Out of Time” exhibit, which they eventually opened up to make more room for everybody. We missed the music performance by Seu Jorge which was downstairs, but we were having fun checking out things like the Bill Viola piece and the art made by the residue from the 2002 fireworks celebrating MoMA’s new digs in Queens.
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January 16, 2007 at 6:16 pm · Filed under SLOAN, artists, culture, art, nyc, dougaitken, moma, creativetime, videoart
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For those of you who have been readers for a while, you may remember we mentioned something about an upcoming “New York Public Art Project”.
Well that project is Doug Aitken’s Sleepwalkers, a video art piece that will be projected onto the EXTERIOR walls of the Museum of Modern Art. How fantastic is that?
courtesy MOMA/Creative Time
I don’t want to give away details (although I’m sure most of you have already read plenty about it in the press recently) but I have no doubt it will be both fascinating and beautiful. You can see it tonight until February 12th, from 5PM to 10PM.
Before (or after) going, I highly recommend checking out Doug Aitken’s book “Broken Screen“, in which he has casual discussions with other creative luminaries like Robert Altman, John Baldessari, Rem Koolhaas, and Ed Ruscha about art, modern life, and the concept of nonlinear and visually fragmented film, among other things. The beauty of the book is that it really feels like you are listening to two artists chat over coffee. A tone that we like a lot here.
:)
More info to come after the opening party tonight.
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