For the second year running, Sydney is celebrating the approach of winter with Vivid Sydney, a festival of light, music, and ideas. This year, husband and wife team Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed have taken the curatorial helm. Anderson's performance Music for Dogs and Reed's noise band Metal Machine Trio are among the highlights, but the project that has really wowed the crowd is Anderson's lighting of the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
Anderson's graphics, adaptations of previous artwork and motifs, playfully mix abstract, organic, and representational imagery. There are recognizable patches of hair, flowers, animal skin, fireworks, and paper-doll clothes. Viewed together, the visuals create a kind of musical montage — without the sound.
Read more and view images from Anderson's light show »
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Last week, New York City officially became a playground when artist Paul Ramírez Jonas unveiled his latest work, Key to the City. The project — co-sponsored by Creative Time — is an inclusive spin on the tradition of mayors handing over symbolic keys to visiting dignitaries, victorious athletes, and local heroes. The difference is that now anyone willing to participate can bestow an honorary key upon anyone else, and the keys actually unlock doors, PO boxes, and secret compartments in over 20 locations.
Keep reading and see some of the things you can unlock »
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Published Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
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