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There is no spare moment in New York! In Tribeca, Almine Rech showed a show stopping exhibition by Oliver Beer called ‘Cat Orchestra’. Everything was singing!
One of the highlights of the whole visit was entering an office downtown which was filled with the wonderful works of Christopher Wool
Round the corner I spotted Carl Freedman checking out one of his prints
We were a scruffy little gang, but we bumped into Robert Diament who spruced things up a bit!
Back to Whitney to finish my research. Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst showed an interesting project focusing on training AI. The artists have trained a text-to-image Al model on images of Holly Herndon, the character, to transform her identity within Al models. No matter what text prompt is entered by the user, the results will generate a strange version of Holly Herndon
Congrats to Nikita Gale, who has proposed that "bodies are never entirely absent from what we refer to as technology”
I loved Kiyan Williams' outdoor sculpture ‘Ruins of Empire // or The Earth Swallows the Master's House’ which is a facade of the White House, composed of earth, leaning on one side and sinking into the floor while the earth's erosion embodied a moment when institutions are toppling
Looking on from nearby, Williams's sculpture of celebrated trans activist Marsha P. Johnson stands as a witness to the ruination of the White House
I visited Pace, and adored this work by Michal Rovner. Her works talks about the poppy, which carries different associations and meanings around the world—embodies both fragility and fortitude, as well as memorial and loss. The ongoing war in Gaza has impacted the artist’s perspective, with her works now powerfully reflect a state of unrest and anguish
Next up I went to MoMA to see an incredible installation of Shana Moulton’s work which seeks to capture the enormity and banality of everyday life. Through performance, video, and sculpture, Moulton chronicles the experiences of her semi-autobiographical alter-ego, Cynthia, as she navigates personal choices and physical limitations
Lost stop was a visit to see Simon Denny’s work with my wonderful friend Sonja Kehl. The show was called ‘Dungeon’ and was based on the game design. Here we are standing in front of one of the ‘Dungeon’ artefacts, originally owned by the artist Grimes. I imagine the work resonates more if you were born in the era where you played this game
