Aitkens sleepwalkers exhibition at moma in 2007 transformed an entire block of manhattan as he covered the museums exterior walls with projections. The word west might be psychically imbued into aitkens geographical sense of space and experience, a way of life that is more outside than inside, one that is faster, sunnier, and more casual and physically friendly than, say, life up north or on the humid east coast. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the world, in such institutions as the whitney museum of american art, the museum of modern art, the vienna secession, the. His artwork has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the world, in such institutions as the whitney museum of american art, the museum of modern art, the vienna secession, the serpentine gallery, and the centre georges pompidou. Documentation of the exhibition at the museum of modern art, january 16february 12, 2007. The sleepwalkers broch novel, 1932 novel or novel trilogy by hermann broch. The ballad of songbirds and snakes from the author that brought you the hunger games, reenter the world of panem again sixtyfour years before the events of the original series. Box includes a 12 picture disc, cd, dvd, two flipbooks, the book sleepwalkers fragments, markings and images from the making of sleepwalkers, a fullcolor twosided poster and a handnumbered card signed by doug aitken.
Conceived as a unified composition of sound, light, form and movement, the exhibition explores our rapidly changing relationships to one another and the world around us in an age dominated by. Sleepwalkers hardcover january 1, 2007 by klaus biesenbach author, peter eleey author, doug aitken artist visit amazons doug aitken page. His multichannel video installations, sculptures, photographs, publications, happenings, and architectural works demonstrate the nature and structure of our evermobile, everchanging, imagebased contemporary condition. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. The sleepwalkers box is an experimental collaboration between artist doug aitken, princeton architectural press, and dfa records. This book, which expands on the ideas raised by the film, contains essays by klaus biesenbach. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The medium is the message he sought to turn these buildings inside out musems exterior instead of interior public, outdoor event, part of the city scale why sleepwalkers. In 2004, after having worked together in berlin, doug aitken and klaus biesenbach cocurated hard light, a group exhibition at moma ps1. Conceived in the spirit of multimedia editions of the past, such as andy warhols index and the mid sixties artist editionjournal aspen, the sleepwalkers box is designed to encourage you to create your own multisensory experiences as you explore a kaleidoscopic universe.
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Text by klaus biesenbach, peter eleey, doug aitken. By placing the story fragments, characters, and imagery from sleepwalkers directly into the hands of his audience, aitken creates an exciting new interactive work made of compelling material that can be combined, juxtaposed, and. In 1987, he initially studied magazine illustration 1 with philip hays at the art center college of design in pasadena before graduating in fine arts in 1991. Electric earth for more than 20 years, doug aitken has shifted the perception and location of images and narratives. The museum of modern art and creative time, the new yorkbased public art organization, have jointly commissioned doug. Actors donald sutherland and tilda swinton, musicians seu jorge and cat power, and actorstreet drummer ryan donowho star in the interlocking vignettes, visible from the street. Widely known for his innovative fine art installations, doug aitken is at the forefront of 21st century communication. Jun 20, 2007 documentation of the exhibition at the museum of modern art, january 16february 12, 2007. Aitken was born in redondo beach, california in 1968.
He began creating installations in the 1990s, using numerous screens, video feeds, and sounds to immerse viewers in an environment that fuses time and space, internal. Jan 04, 2007 but sleepwalkers will elevate aitken from downtown art stardom to momas uptown firmament. Actors donald sutherland and tilda swinton, musicians seu jorge and cat power, and actorstreet drummer ryan donowho star in. Sleepwalkers by peter eleey 2007, paperback for sale. Its not that mixedmedia artist doug aitken disdains museums, but he often attempts to subvert them by transcending their walls. Doug aitken has 26 books on goodreads with 283 ratings.
Doug is really pushing the envelope, says klaus biesenbach, the chief curator of media at moma. Doug aitken is an artist who defies definitions of genre. Utilizing a wide array of media and artistic approaches, his eye leads us into a world where time, space, and memory are fluid concepts. The silent story, told in exquisite imagery, chronicled the lives of five characters as they moved through the city. Aitkens body of work ranges from photography, sculpture, and architectural interventions to films, sound, single and multichannel video works, and installations. Aitken presented his largescale film and architecture installation, frontier, on romes isola tiberina in 2009 and in basel in 2010. The sleepwalkers box princeton architectural press. By placing the story fragments, characters, and imagery from sleepwalkers directly into the hands of his audience, aitken creates an exciting new interactive work made of compelling material that can be combined, juxtaposed, and experienced in any order.
Sleepwalkers premiered as a monumental outdoor video projection onto seven facades of the museum of. The project is also the first to bring art to momas exterior walls. Sleepwalkers was both inspired by, and offered in opposition to, the densely built midtown environment. Sleepwalkers premiered as a monumental outdoor video projection onto seven facades of the museum of modern art in. Aitkens sleepwalkers is what the artist dubs a broken screen narrative in a book he wrote of the same title. Utilizing a wide array of media and artistic approaches, his eye leads us into a. Dec 14, 2006 artist doug aitken transforms midtown manhattan with seven monumental projections on the exterior facades of the museum of modern art. Doug aitken exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. The silent story, told in exquisite imagery, chronicled the lives of five characters as they. He moved to new york in 1994 where he had his first solo show at 303 gallery.
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Accompanying the artists first fullscale survey exhibition, this generously illustrated book explores doug aitkens work across mediums, disciplines, and themes. Sep 14, 2016 its not that mixedmedia artist doug aitken disdains museums, but he often attempts to subvert them by transcending their walls. In doug aitken s sleepwalkers, these characters provide a blueprint for the city a living, breathing mechanism fueled by the desires and ambitions of its inhabitants, who, in turn, nourish and are nourished by the citys energy, breadth, and depth. The sleepwalkers box is doug aitken s groundbreaking multiscreen film reimagined as a tactile multimedia experience. Defying definitions of genre, he explores every medium, from film and installations to architectural interventions. Doug is really pushing the envelope, says klaus biesenbach, the.