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Short Description: (New York, October 1, 2006) Creative Time and The Museum of Modern Art will present .... of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Centre ...
Content Inside: Photo: Fred Charles, rendering courtesy Doug Aitken studio THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AND CREATIVE TIME JOINTLY COMMISSION ARTIST DOUG AITKEN TO CREATE sleepwalkers A NEW SITE-SPECIFIC WORK TO PROJECT ON MOMA'S EXTERIOR, WINTER 2007 (New York, October 1, 2006) Creative Time and The Museum of Modern Art will present sleepwalkers the first U.S. large-scale public project by internationally renowned contemporary artist Doug Aitken, from January 16 through February 12, 2007, each evening from 5pm to 10pm. The multi-screen cinematic experience will be projected on seven facades of MoMA on 53rd and 54th Streets, integrating art with the exterior of the modernist architecture of the museum for the first time. Filming began this summer in NYC and continues through October. Building on Aitken's interest in collaborating with a range of artists, musicians, and filmmakers in his books, happenings and art projects, this film features a diverse cast of actors including Tilda Swinton, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Seu Jorge, Ryan Donowho, and Donald Sutherland. Inspired by the verticality and densely built environment of New York's midtown, the artwork directly integrates with the architectural fabric of the city while simultaneously enhancing and challenging viewers' perceptions of public space. It magnifies poignant moments of peoples' everyday lives into a dialogue between pedestrians and the complex architectural landscape they traverse. The film features characters from a variety of walks of New York City life, following them as they move from the solitude of their personal and professional lives into the chaotic and rich interrelationships of their urban existence. In one case, it tracks a worker who maintains signs in Times Square, following him as he ascends into the interior of the infrastructure of one of the city's storied districts; other characters include a street drummer, a businessman, and a postal worker. The seven simultaneous projections will have synced choreographed movements, but
