{"id":216,"date":"2007-07-17T20:54:45","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T11:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/17\/a-quick-trip-to-the-moma\/"},"modified":"2007-07-17T20:54:45","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T11:54:45","slug":"a-quick-trip-to-the-moma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/17\/a-quick-trip-to-the-moma\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Trip to the MoMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came to New York for a few days for a friends wedding, and while here I stopped by for a brief visit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/\">Museum of Modern Art<\/a>.  I really enjoy the MoMA, and have visited there often.  For the wedding of my friends Ron and Michelle my sisters and I got them a membership to the MoMA, which they have kept up ever since.  I had about two and a half hours in the afternoon, so I stopped by.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>The big exhibition that they have currently is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/serra\">40 Years of Richard Serra Sculpture<\/a>.  I&#8217;ve seen some Serra pieces before, once in the Guggenheim in Bilbao, but wasn&#8217;t really impressed with this exhibition.  I liked his pieces in the sculpture garden, but the rest of the things that were exhibited didn&#8217;t seem well utilized in the museum space.  I think a lot of his stuff does better in a less formal environment, where you have more of an experience that isn&#8217;t focused on the sculpture itself, but on the harmonization with, and contrast to, the surrounding environment.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entryimage\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/838219824\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1005\/838219824_2fa34389cb_m.jpg\" alt=\"33 Questions a Second\"\/><br \/>\n33 Questions a Second<br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/837360409\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1380\/837360409_19173c647b_m.jpg\" alt=\"Interesting Juxtapositions\"\/><br \/>\nInteresting Juxtapositions<br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/838226910\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1397\/838226910_9713efc289_m.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow Chair\"\/><br \/>\nRainbow Chair<br \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>I really enjoyed pieces in the <a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/exhibitions\/2007\/automatic_update\/index.html\">Automatic Update<\/a> exhibition.  Particularly, <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/838219824\/\">33 Questions a Second<\/a>, an interesting piece that randomly generates questions in rapid succession using some natural language processing techniques.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>Over in the <a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/exhibitions\/collection_galleries\/arch_design.html\">Architecture and Design Galleries<\/a>, usually my favorite part of the museum, they had a great exhibition juxtaposing modern and old design.  There were some really great examples in there, particularly the iMac \/ TV combo I highlight to the left.  I also have an <a href=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1323\/838225434_2c650a0dd3_m.jpg\">iPod \/ Radio<\/a> combo shot that is cute.  There were a lot of interesting functional design examples, and interesting examples of industrial design.  That floor is always lots of fun to check out.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>In the same area was <a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/exhibitions\/exhibitions.php?id=4506&#038;ref=calendar\">an interesting look at Helvetica, the first font in the MoMA collection<\/a>.  Coincidentally, my friend Ron told me about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helveticafilm.com\/\">an interesting documentary about the typeface<\/a> that is something I would like to track down and see.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>There was another nice exhibition called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/browse_results.php?SHR&#038;tag=ex4502\">&#8220;What is Painting?&#8221;<\/a> with contemporary art from the MoMA collection.  I thought that one was well worth checking out.  As always, a short trip over to the MoMA is always worth the effort, even if it has the most amazingly hard and tiring floors of any museum in the city.  I swear they&#8217;ve learned the secret of gravity-control plating and artificially increase local gravity there by about 20%.  My feet are always sore after even a short trip to that museum. <\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came to New York for a few days for a friends wedding, and while here I stopped by for a brief visit at the Museum of Modern Art. I really enjoy the MoMA, and have visited there often. 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