https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-p6ax6qIAM
If you’re in New York City or nearby, there’s something you’ve got to do by the end of the weekend. Head over to the Park Avenue Armory on 68th street, plunk down $12 and spend an hour or so swinging on swings as you create art.
The installation is called Ann Hamilton: The Event of a Thread. While there are parts of it that involve people reading esoteric prose and poetry next to caged pigeons and parts that involve live singing, the draw is the 40-something swings that are all tethered to a massive piece of cloth. Swing on the swings—each one seats two!—and your motions will cause the cloth to ripple. Play turns into art. Sound familiar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZmsQ2fmMr4
It looks great from a balcony above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3XSMU4l8Ko
Or lie down under the cloth and you’ll get another lovely view.
I can’t recommend this highly enough. So, go. Have fun. The piece will be up until the end of Sunday.
ANN HAMILTON: the event of a thread [Park Avenue Armory]
