Douglas Gordon and Hélène Grimaud “tears become… streams become…”
Park Avenue Armory
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“How many times have you cried in your life? How much fluid have you given to the world? Every day, every week, every month… A field of water.
A field is endless – it goes on, and on, and on, and on. And as the water collects, the space it inhabits will never be the same again.” —Douglas Gordon
Art, music, and architecture converge in the latest work by Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon and acclaimed pianist Hélène Grimaud. This site-specific installation features an immense field of water that harnesses light, reflection, music, and sound to amplify and transform the Wade Thompson Drill Hall, encouraging viewers to acknowledge their surroundings and reexamine one of the most historic spaces in New York.
For ten nights only, Grimaud will perform a program of water-themed works by Debussy, Ravel, Liszt, and others within the space, creating a confluence of live music and visual art that allows audiences to experience this celebrated music in a refreshingly new way. The large-scale installation will also be open to the public during the day, offering viewers a more meditative and reflective experience, with a player piano animating the environment as both an evocation of the previous night’s recital and a premonition of performances to come.
The result is a genre-defying, deeply moving experience, which not only turns the Armory’s iconic architecture quite literally upside down, but turns on its head the traditional concert-going experience for audiences while redefining the creative practice of one of the most prominent visual artists of his generation.
December 10–21
Tuesday–Wednesday: 12-4pm
Thursday: 12–8pm
Friday–Saturday: 12–4pm
Sunday: 11am–3pm
December 23–January 4
Tuesday–Wednesday: 12–6pm
Thursday: 12pm–8pm
Friday–Saturday: 12pm–6pm
Sunday: 11am–5pm
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Schedule
from December 09, 2014 to January 04, 2015
See Exhibition's website