Yesterday, I took advantage of the beautiful weather by making a trip to MoMA's P.S. 1 with Janelle and Michael. Ordinarilly, you don't spend a nice day in a museum, but at P.S. 1, there is an outdoor installation of art that I wanted to check out - nARCHITECTS's Canopy installation. Besides, when you spend most of Saturday playing video games, a museum counts as outside.

Canopy was made with freshly cut green bamboo with a budget of $60,000 and includes the canopy, a small pool, mist, a beach and a bamboo forest.

From the P.S. 1 website:

nARCHITECTS will cover P.S.1’s courtyard with a canopy of freshly cut green bamboo, which will change color from green to tan by the end of the summer. Pinches in the bamboo lattice will produce a range of shadow densities and patterns across the courtyard and throughout the day. Dips in the canopy will define rooms open to the sky, each with a distinct climatic environment for different modes of lounging: Pool Pad, the largest outdoor room, incorporates a wading pool; Fog Pad consists of fog nozzles that will spread a cool halo of mist; Rainforest features a sound environment and water misters that will provide intermittent rain showers; and Sand Hump’s half open ellipse orients itself to maximize exposure to sun and shade.

Canopy is on exhibit at P.S. 1 through September 5th and you should check it out if you get a chance. Even better, go to Warm Up 2004 on Saturdays through September 4th.

More information:
- nARCHITECTS photo journal of Canopy
- MoMA/P.S. 1 on Canopy

Posted by tien mao in Culture, Photos at 7:36 AM