| LADYBEE'S
ANNUAL 2004 THEME ART HIGHLIGHTS Each year, Ladybee, BM Art Curator, writes up a list of theme art projects that she can't wait to see. Obviously, there are far too many interesting projects to mention, but here's 12 for starters. The complete list can be found here: 1. BOK GLOBULE by Leo Villareal and Carter Emmart aka Barbie, NYC/ On the walkway from the man to the old temple spot, left side. A dome with Barbie's fisheye projections of the entire universe from the American Museum of Natural History in New York- plus Leo's light installation from P.S. 1 on the outside and his gravity chairs inside. This is the place to hang out at night. Love these Disorient people. 2. SEVEN SISTERS by The Flaming Lotus Girls / 8:00 esplanade. As usual you can play with lots of fire here. Girl Power!!! 3. JADU BETA by Saul Melman, Brooklyn/ 1:30 deep space 450' long walk-in inflatable sculpture/ 4. WHEEL OF THE SACRED EARTH YEAR by Kasia Wojnarski, Portland/ 6:30 esplanade. This is Kasia's big year - she brought us the walk-through fire tunnel of years past and is doing multiple fire installations. 5. THE OBSERVATORY/ Site of the Man Everything inside and outside - ten installations inside and crazy interactive off-planet theater outside in the dioramas, managed by Ggreg Taylor. In the Vault of Heaven everybody's a star!! 6. WHITE NOISE by Emily Trutt, LA/ 10:45 deep playa, left side. white on white on white on white..... EERIE. 7. COSMIC DANCE by Daniel Dunkle/ The Keyhole. A 40' diameter Foucault's pendulum. Watch the pegs tumble. 8. OBSERVER, OBSERVED by Kate Raudenbush, New York/ 1:00 deep space A walk-in mirrored cube by day, a peepshow by night. 9. DEEPER by Peter Hudson/ Off the walkway to the Man, right side. Remember the swimmers zoetrope? Peter's back with a figure that appears to dive out of the sky and into the playa - I should say, with an endless stream of divers. 10. ALIEN SEMAPHORE by Hedley/ 10:45 deep space. You can control the look and feel of 12 big white light sculptures here. 11. TEMPLE OF STARS by David Best/ farther out there. It really is 1/4 mile long, I can say no more. 12. CRASH LANDING by Anakin Koenig/ (tenatively 10:00 between Mercury and Venus) A radiant object, part meteorite, part spaceship, crash-landed on the playa. |