There's going to be long lines snaking out of the New Museum come October 26 when a giant slide installation is unveiled.
There'll be conversations similar to the one I had with my native-NYC friend as we tried to scope out the Brooklyn Night Bazaar.
Me: What's with all those people crowded over there?Eric: I think it's a line.
Me: Why?
Eric: I don't know, but we should join it.
Me: Why?
Eric: Because it's a line.
What is it with New Yorkers and their love affair with waiting in long lines! Anyway, back to the über-slide...
The artist behind the contraption is Carsten Höller - who's being called a "German artist" by the blogs even though his website clearly states he was born in Belgium and works in Sweden:
The slide has already made the rounds in Europe and it managed to escape the Euro-zone without being taken apart and sold for scraps to pay for Greece.
The slide will be 3-stories high, 102-feet long, and made of transparent plastic. It's being touted as an "alternative transportation system"- for the museum alone, of course, which is too bad because I'd totally be more open to living in Crown Heights if it meant I could get to Manhattan via long, winding plastic tube.
Check out the slide at the New Museum between October 26 and January 15.
- via architizer & gothamist -
1 comments:
i was just looking up exhibits for us to check out there - weird! yr blog looks lovely
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