Thursday, March 26, 2015

Head Scratchers and Gender Benders


Joe was in town to interview for a fellowship program in pediatric cardiology at Columbia.  I met him at the New Museum for the "Triennial."


En route, I passed Tatiana Trouve's "Desire Lines" near the 60th Street entrance to Central Park, just off Fifth Avenue.


At  Union Square,  spring planting was in full swing.


We started on the top floor of the exhibit and worked our way down, slowly.  


Everybody does it!


Pretty good selfie, I'd say.






This mesmerizing video illustrates how easy computer animation makes it to morph.  Great soundtrack, too.


Have you ever seen a transgender person do stand-up?  Or market a lifelike doll?  









One arresting installation, with a "big brother" theme, combined political speech with what looked to be teletubbies.




Live coral isn't usually found in art museums.



Look closely and you'll see Joe's ghost in the center.


These look more like "ghosts in the machine."  We'll all be headed there, soon enough.



Interactivity is so important nowadays.


Some of the work seemed pretty simple.





Artists of color were well-represented at the Triennial.





She/he emerged from a 3D printer.  Love her/him! 



When you put this helmet on, you found yourself stumbling around in the midst of deep, black and white forest.  Meh.


Not sure exactly what these doodles and arrangement mean, but I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out.






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