Best of art and fashion?? When they get together!
So, two thumbs up to Cecilia Dean, [editor and co-founder of Visionaire] , and David Colman [ The New York Times]
Who came up with an exhibit at MoMA PS1. Named “Move!,”
Featuring 12 artist-designer collaborations — Terence Koh with Italo Zucchelli of Calvin Klein, Brody Condon with Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Jonah Bokaer with Narciso Rodriguez, Mary Ellen Carroll with Thom Browne, among others. The point of difference here? They’re all doing interactive performance-based installations.
“It’s not about how I can use your art to make my fashion look better,” says Cynthia Rowley, who’s working with Olaf Breuning, “or how you can make a garment from your art.”
As for the grammatically charged moniker, she explains, “The performances will be moving, but we also wanted the audience to be moving around. It’s a very fluid exhibit. I also want people to come, have fun and be moved like I was by [Sehgal’s and Abramovic’s] shows. Adds Colman, “ ‘Experiential’ is going to be on the Merriam-Webster hot-word list for 2010.”
MOVE! at MoMA PS1 will merge the worlds of fashion, dance, visual art, performance art and theater to create a new genre of installation/performance, taking the idea of the artist/designer collision to a new level. MOVE! at MoMA PS1 is part of “Free Space”, an on-going program that provides gallery spaces for exhibitions, events, studios, rehearsals, and other live presentations for “uninhibited artistic exploration and fresh contemporary art programming.”
Move! [october 30-31] will be admission-free and open to the public. A Halloween party, hosted by Visionaire, will cap off events on the 31st.
Please, take me there!!!