First thoughts after seeing Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s The Murder of Crows: damn, Janet Cardiff has far more narratively satisfying dreams than most.
Visiting Ryoji Ikeda’s “the transfinite”
Posted by Tobias Carroll First impressions of Ryoji Ikeda’s the transfinite: this is the most surreal picnic ground in history. Some context: I walked into the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall and, as a sign directed, removed my shoes. From there, I stepped onto the surface of the installation’s first half: a surprisingly soft plastic on which images moved, accompanied by a blissful soundtrack that recalled the music of Christian Fennesz and Oval. Halfway into the Hall, a wall rose; […]