stillspotting nyc
stillspotting nyc
Video Collaboration with Heather Renée Russ
ExhibitionJune 2, 2011–October 14, 2012
While the vitality and stimulation of the urban environment can be pleasant, those living in or visiting densely populated areas such as New York can have wildly different experiences. The ever-present cacophony of traffic, construction, and commerce; the struggle for mental and physical space; and the anxious need for constant communication in person or via technology are relentless assaults on the senses. One wonders how locals and visitors can escape, find respite, and make peace with their space in this “city that never sleeps.”
The Guggenheim Museum’s stillspotting nyc was a multidisciplinary project that took the museum’s Architecture and Urban Studies programming out into the streets of the city’s five boroughs: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Every three to five months, from June 2011 to October 2012, “stillspots” were identified, created, or transformed by architects, artists, designers, composers, and philosophers into public tours, events, or installations.
