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Qualche anno fa, Industriarchitettura mi propose di pubblicare un articolo che avevo precedentemente postato qui, in Inglese, su Andy Warhol: "Una breve, intensa storia dell'arte".
Avevo tentato di ricucire una serie di passaggi che andavano dagli inizi degli anni 60 a oggi, in maniera totalmente trasversale a tutte le discipline artistiche e culturali di New York, fino alla trasformazione fisica, in atto in questi anni, nella città più rappresentativa del XX secolo e l'articolo si concludeva menzionando il libro di Laurie Anderson e Aaron Betsky sulle "Aberrant Architectures" di Diller e Scofidio.
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Senza soluzione di continuità.
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Un articolo ottimo sullo sviluppo urbano di tutta l'area di Hudson Yard a Manhattan, critico ma molto interessante e graficamente eccezionale, è questo pubblicato pochi giorni fa sul NY Times:
Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves?
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The Shed's construction was initially opposed by local community leadership. Board members on Manhattan Community Board 4 stated that the Shed "could lack class", that the word "culture" is too vague for the name of such an exhibition space, and that problems could arise when a 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) space is closed off twice a year for two weeks (adding up to a month annually) for New York Fashion Week Community board members also state that when the retractable roof is closed, 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) of open public space would be lost. Additionally, some expressed concerns that the large value of the Capital Grant allocation—US$50 million—was too much money to award to a building that did not yet exist.(2)
Ieri Elisabeth Diller e Ricardo Scofidio, a NY, hanno inaugurato The Shed e secondo me, se si vuole comprendere cosa significa applicare la ricerca all'urban design, l'architettura, l'arte e, più in generale, allo sviluppo culturale, vale la pena di vedere questo video.
In fall 2016, the Shed also started a citywide dance program
about social justice issues. It also partnered with the MIT Media Lab to
assist artists who were creating works involving virtual reality and artificial
intelligence (3)
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On that day, April 5, the Shed is set to join a rare lineage of new
institutions that offer wide-ranging, interdisciplinary programming on a large
scale, like Lincoln Center in the 1960s, or the Museum of Modern Art in the
late ’20s. (from TheNew York Times)
---Tra i primi eventi in programma:
BJORK'S CORNUCOPIA | MAY 6 – JUNE 1, 2019 _ Sold out
Björk’s most
elaborate staged concert to date
A World
Premiere Shed Commission
In a first
for the innovative multidisciplinary artist, Björk and a team of digital and
theatrical collaborators, including award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and
director Lucrecia Martel, will present a new staged concert of live musical
arrangements, digital technology, and stunning visuals. A chorus and cast of
musicians will join Björk for this eight-concert engagement in The Shed’s
iconic space, The McCourt.