Another current installation at MassMOCA is The Cartographer's Conundrum by Sanford Biggers. I read the explanation twice and I still have no idea what Mr. Biggers had in mind. If nothing else, his installation gives me an excuse to show you a big hall at MassMOCA. What I liked was the way the colored plexiglass panels on the left cast light on the walls.
I like a lot the room, the symmetry of the windows, lines and so on. Beautiful lights, stars and colors.
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What a terrific hall -- love all those windows. A baffling installation like this one is why I end up avoiding contemporary art. Kudos for you for trying to understand the artist's motivation.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great space!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about this space; guess I'd have to be there to appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost as big as the great hall at the Tate Modern. I think I'd enjoy exploring this place.
ReplyDeleteInteresting and colorful and certainly different! Great shots for the day, Jack!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine all sorts of wonderful uses for a space like that. I too like the splashes of color created by the plexiglass. It does make me wonder what the creator had in mind, and reminds me of the contemporary art I saw a few days ago that prompted my latest post 'Lesson from the Pet Rock'.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I really like the perspective on your second shot. Have a fantastic weekend.
The coloured plexiglass leaves such lovely patterns on the floor and walls. I guess it's best to visit on a sunny day.
ReplyDeleteLove this space and the exposed ceiling too! It's hard to tell what is the art installation isn't it/!
ReplyDeleteIs this what you read?
ReplyDeleteThe Cartographer’s Conundrum is an installation, film and website inspired by artist, scholar and Afro-futurist John Biggers. A cousin of his subject, Sanford Biggers’s goal is to both study and expand the emerging genre of Afro-futurism, which engages science-fiction, cosmology and technology to create a new folklore of the African Diaspora. Biggers begins by traveling through western Africa along the same route John Biggers followed in the 1950s, meeting with colleagues and family members along the way. In its final form, this project includes a new multimedia installation by Sanford Biggers, as well as an exhibition, lecture, catalog and website chronicling John Biggers’s contributions to Afro-futurism.
Uh, yes, Gardenbug. I didn't even know that there was an emerging genre of Afro-futurism, nor how one engages science fiction, cosmology and technology to create a new folklore of the African Diaspora. Or any of the other stuff. It is a personal failing of mine, I am sure.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great installation. Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like an unfinished installation to me. I agree though that the colours of light are fascinating.
ReplyDeleteCuriosity compelled me to look up the installation. All I can say is ..huh?
ReplyDeleteIt comes to mind an old song of the Eagles: Wasted Time...
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ReplyDeleteI love this space Jack, I can see many future fantastic installations being held here.
ReplyDeletehow huge! this is the art? or is it still in progress?
ReplyDeletei like to see modern art, although often i wonder WTH the artist thought he was doing, and if he/she really thinks that what he/she is doing is really art, or that he/she is just enjoying the art of fooling everyone....
I'd be puzzled too, but it's a stunning hall!
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