Arty Farty
Posted on | June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments
Without a TV, I’m a little, okay a lot, behind the popular culture times. I haven’t had cable since I was nineteen and I’ve been without a TV for six years now, so you can see that whole trends pass me right by. And when I get really excited about something, chances are I’m like six months too late on the trend.
So, forgive me if this is OLD news. But, I’m going to tell you about it anyway. My most favoritist artist, Olafur Eliasson is doing an installation in New York. But before you start clicking things or rolling your eyes because who fucking cares about art, Eliasson ain’t no dude with a spray paint can and a bottle of Elmers crafting things from cow’s brains and swizzle sticks. Olafur Eliasson once changed the weather as an art installation. CHANGED THE WEATHER.
He also did a scent tunnel, where you walked through this tunnel and were overwhelmed by the scent from the plants growing around you. This one got its own art book complete with scratch and smell pages.
I’ve never actually seen Eliasson’s work in person, but it is a dream of mine to do so. One of the few regrets of my life was missing The Weather Project, but I had no idea it even existed. I went to the Turbine Room a few years later because I just had to see the space, and it is huge. Gigantic. A room that’s, in and of itself, a work of art. When Steve and I went there, the installation was something to do with sound and had nothing to do with Eliasson. And I was three weeks pregnant, which means I was dying. And I had to sit in that room and die and eat ginger nuts, which are British ginger cookies, as Steve walked through the various sound walls. And then I ate a scone with clotted cream and died a little less for about five minutes.
Here’s my point: if you’re in New York (Chris) check it out. And take some pictures and let me know what it’s like. Eliasson is one of my heroes and I really would love to meet him someday just to get a glimpse of someone who thinks on such a large scale. I mean, who goes into a room and thinks, “Oh, I’ll just change the weather in here. No prob.” Or, “I know, waterfalls. In New York!”
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June 26th, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Oh! I saw his waterfall and him on the Today Show this morning! He’s kind of cute.
June 27th, 2008 @ 5:19 am
I would love to see that.
Maybe I’ll go. I’m only 3 hours drive from NY.
If Chris is lucky, I’ll visit him too.