IMMERSION ALERT!
For anyone planning to visit the Ecstasy exhibition:
Since the opening, LAMOCA has not allowed the public to enter Erwin Redl's installation 'Matrix II' (a policy which might be likened to the Louvre requiring people to close their eyes when they're in front of the Mona Lisa). Recently the artist reached a compromise with the museum in which access will be unrestricted on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So: don't bother going on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday.
About the installation, The Orange County Register says: "The highlight of this show is a large installation called "Matrix II" by Erwin Redl. Light-green LED lights are strung on wires from the ceiling in a darkened room, and the measurements are painstakingly exact. The visitor truly gets the sense of entering an alternate universe - the Matrix - as the lights outline different paths, some straight, some diagonal, some up, some down.This interactive work constantly shifts and redefines itself, offering a completely different panorama depending on the angle and position of the viewer. Combining geometry with art, space, time and perception, it's an achievement of sheer brilliance - and magic."
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I did some searching around, read through that OCRegister article (using cypherpunk/cypherpunk as the login) - but I can't find any specific explanation for the restrictions placed on this exhibit Perry!
I will admit reading more about Ecstacy whetted my appetite - I will go next week!
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December 1, 2005 10:25 PM
One of the vertical wires was broken at the opening - it's a delicate piece, so I assume it's much easier for the museum staff if people just look & don't enter.
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December 1, 2005 10:31 PM
We went a week or so after the opening and the Redl piece was open then. But the guards were following people around inside very closely and my kids got scolded several times for making the wires spin. But definitely one of the highlights of the show and worth seeing - there was also a very nice Janet Cardiff piece that is worth waiting in line for and another installation of a table setting that was rotating so incredibly slowly it was barely preceptable - very nice.
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December 1, 2005 10:37 PM
Kellee and I hit the opening night of the show. It was packed. I sure wish I could have seen this peice because I wasn't a big fan of the rest of the show.
Between, "Homo Crap #1" and the "Field of Cubensis" I wasn't thrilled.
Something really turned me off about seeing party counter culture on display in a musuem.
Maybe it was just the atmosphere, I've had various people suggest I return.
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December 2, 2005 1:10 AM