SFMoMA

[aroraborealis]

Yesterday, I went to SFMOMA and saw the coolest thing I've seen all year: this exhibition. Okay, really, only half of it got me going, but it was so unbelievably mind-bendingly great that I can't stop thinking about it. I might have to go back tomorrow afternoon just to see it.

Oh, yeah, they also had some Matisse and a really awesome piece called "Collision", which looked like two rooms, uh, collided. But, really, You and I, Horizontal was the standout by leaps and bounds. I want one. I also can talk about it for a while, so if you want to hear more about it, just say the word.

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[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

So wait, I'm not clear on this: does the exhibition consist of a haze machine and a spot light such that as the viewers walk through they cast long projections of themselves into the room? Or is the exhibition photographs taken under that kind of lighting condition? or, wait it says "50 minutes" and "computer script"... is it a video instalation—a movie of people in haze? or a changing script of objects that move in front of a projector in the room? In any case it sounds gorgeous.


Can you show me any images of the rooms collided?

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

The former: You enter a huge, dark room with walls painted black and a long projection of a slowly transforming shape, which viewers then interact with by walking around, in and through. When you're standing IN it, the light through the haze looks like a solid wall, which people walk through and make transparent with their shadows. It's unbelievably awesome.

On a very cursory search, I can't find images of "Collision", unfortunately.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

I went back to the museum to look at the exhibit I loved so much, and while I was there, I picked up the folder of info about "Collision" for you.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

yea!

the pictures were pretty cool... I bet Capron Lighting could rent you the equipment you would need to do a reasonable approximation at the Dance Complex.