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September 14, 2006
The Journey to Noguchi:
The Journey started 9 am Saturday morning – on our bikes. The meeting place, the 59 street Roosevelt Island Tram. Our destination - The Noguchi Museum.
It’s been a while since I explored the city and what better way than biking high in the sky. Looking down over the bridge there was construction going on 
. Part of the bridge was blanketed hiding its skeleton from spectators view. Is it just maintenance or is it an art piece in process? I wish this to be an art installation that lives with us. Something new amongst the old. Something grand yet subtle. This could make us look, wonder and smile. In the water there was a dredging crew
. Maybe this is an underwater art piece too. It would be great to have sub terrestrial art spaces in the river.
Having spent some time on the Island is was good rediscover and discover what the island had to offer. New buildings - new parks - a sanctuary for locals to embrace. It’s history. Some may take it for granted but it’s there for our own reflection. We toured the main road and made stops including the farmers market next to the spiral car ramp. A good use of space – living, moving, space. Under the ramp there used to be large installations a few years ago. One every month. Now there’s just a large void consisting of an encircled bike rack - and no bikes. I ask myself why? I should find out why and get back to you… We made our way to the lighthouse at the Northern tip of the island. It was a peaceful resting place and the water (East river) had a calming affect. Across the water we could view our destination. So close but further than our immediate view.
We proceeded to out of the island into Queens and up Vernan Boulevard to the Noguchi Museum. After checking in at the reception we entered the firs room with large stone sculptures completed by the do not touch signs in its surroundings. My attention gravitated towards the use of open space with the inside connecting with outside
. It allowed the space to breath like us. And the light, how it falls, separates the walls and floors and its slow movement. I continued to focus on the light throughout the museum.
I tend to gravitate to circular objects so I thought it was fitting to present a view from inside one of the sculptures ‘Core’
. To me the sculpture is looking into the sky. At night it can gaze at the starts. It bathes in the rain and dries in the sun. It’s so exposed to the elements and its eyes go un-noticed. I particularly like the contrast between light and dark.
Here’s another circular piece I like,
‘Magic Ring’. It’s a stale noodle left by a giant. It was fitting to have it exhibited. Sorry, my imagination takes over sometimes. I like this piece because it’s not at our level. We have to go down to its level to explore its details. To touch it (we could not touch) - to see the patterns and explore its colour formations. How the shadows fall. I has temped to lie on the ground, inspecting it from a new angle.
On the third floor there I was very excited about the Dymaxion Transport. This was an engineering failure. It cold have been a way of fluid mobility / maneuverability in a vehicle. We would have a more efficient parking system if this car were to be. Link Dymaxion
There’s more but I don’t want to make this a long list so I would end here. See you all in class.
Posted by Allistar Peters at September 14, 2006 12:25 PM