I decided to go check out this exhibit last night which turned out to be a very interesting and informational event. I highly recommend this if the Guggenheim decided to do this again.
When I walked into the museum there was a projection of the movie Psycho in slow motion. There was a bunch of bean bags where people could lay down and watch the movie. The left side of the screen was showing the movie from beginning to end and the right side was showing it from end to beginning.
I then went to the theater downstairs to check out the speakers and performances. I managed to catch the music of David Grubbs and Angela Bulloch which was interesting but could not manage to sit trough the whole thing.
Somehow I ended up buying a minute of Agathe Snow’s life for a dollar which I happen to get a receipt for.
Vito Acconci took the stage and talked about his exploded architecture, moving malls, futuristic and alien looking structures.
Then out of nowhere there was a talk about a movie of Zidane the world renown soccer player. The speaker dove into the meaning of heroism and how it is tied to time.
The performance by Luke DuBois and Lesley Flanigan was pretty good his main point was long exposures of recorded sound? It was sort of like a feedback mechanism with some interesting video effects.
It hard to explain see for your self:
which brings me to Amy Herzog’s look into coin operated motion picture “peep†machines which I found really interesting. A topic that deals with voyeurism, surveillance and immersive experiences as a way to make money.
And last but not least is Liam Gillick who talked about the complexities of time and previous history.
Liam mentioned a book that I will have to get my hands on a read because it puts out a new theory on a doomsday scenario. The book talks about the sun all of the sudden not producing the energy we need to survive and the world going into a deep freeze. This is a very interesting point of view. One that needs to be looked into a little closer.
The name of the Book is “Underground (Fragments of Future Histories)” by Gabriel Tarde. Now if I can only get my hands on it.
