The Forty-Part Motet in The Cloisters, New York

[starlady]

In happier news, Janet Cardiff's The Forty Part Motet is the first work of contemporary art ever to be installed in The Cloisters, New York. I saw it at the Art Gallery of Ontatario earlier this year and called it "one of the most transporting experiences I've ever had in a museum." If you're in New York between now and 8 December 2013, you owe it to yourself to go see this.

Comments

[zopyrus]

Thanks for posting this! I've been hearing about The Forty Part Motet for about a year and I'm really excited to see it!

[starlady]

It's so amazing! It was amazing in the AGO and I'm sure it will be equally amazing in The Cloisters. I wish it were staying for another month so I could see it again, truly. Her art in general is really awesome.

[seekingferret]

Ooh, sounds neat.

[starlady]

I think you would like it. It's so, so amazing as an experience--it sounds kind of boring described, I guess, but once you're there in person it's wild. I stumbled onto it at the AGO and spent 15 minutes just sitting and standing there listening to it.