warm up at p.s.1

Warm Up at P.S.1Author(s): Amy PorterSource: MoMA, Vol. 4, No. 5 (Jun., 2001), pp. 30-31Published by: The Museum of Modern ArtStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4420594 .

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WARM UP AT R.S.1 AMY PORTER The Warm Up series at P.S.i Contemporary Art Center, now in its fourth year, is

a vortex of contemporary art and culture that engages summer audiences with its energy and inventiveness. Warm Up 200I, which opens July i and runs each Saturday afternoon through Labor Day, offers a mix of music, DJ-spun sounds, film and video projections, art installations, and architecture, all mixed with the heat of the New York City sun.

The central feature of Warm Up is the architectural installation created for the main outdoor gallery. This year, the erstwhile P.S.i playground will be trans- formed into a landscape of circular pools, large-scale hammocks, and other design elements, with a monumental photographic image of a parting sea at its center. Visitors can lounge and wade in the pools while enjoying the sounds of the music series and conversing about contemporary art. Based on the three components of climate, activity, and relaxation, the multi-use environment was conceived by Manhattan-based architectural firm ROY, with principal Lindy Roy.

Roy's design was chosen as the winning proposal in a competition spon- sored by the P.S.i/MoMA Young Architects Program. Launched in 2000, the competition provides emerging architects the opportunity to design and realize

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Dunescape by SHoP,

poolside view July 2,

2000. Photo: Eileen

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P.S.1 summer opening,

July 5, 1998. View of

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Delights

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Loungers at Dunescape

by SHoP. Photo: Eileen

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interactive spaces for Warm Up. Last year's inaugural prizewinner was the high- ly acclaimed urban beach Dunescape, designed by SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli. These projects were preceded by the two-tiered, fifty-six-foot-high "disco for the twenty-first century" created by renowned architect Philip Johnson in i9g9 to help celebrate the P.S.i/MoMA alliance, which had been announced earlier that year.

Well-known local and international DJs and musicians mix and play a vibrant beat to complement the experience of the architectural spaces of Warm Up. From electro-pop to more traditional DJ styles, and from hip-hop to Afro- Brazilian House, music lends a danceable edge to Warm Up as crowds move through the outdoor spaces and installations and into the interior of P.S.i.

Inside the building, artworks seem to thrive on the kinetic energy generated by the outdoor events. The spaces of the former public school provide ample opportunity for creative invention and interaction. Galleries showcase contemporary art, often mixed with the work of more established artists.

Offering a dynamic environment in which to enjoy and interact with the latest cultural trends, the Warm Up series has become one of the most fashion- able events of the summer and is expected this year to attract record numbers of art, music, and pop culture enthusiasts.

Amy Porter is Editorial Assistant of MoMA magazine. For more information on Warm Up and other programs at P.S.1., please call (718) 784-2084 or visit www.ps'.org.

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