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2004.10.01
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Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal, JFK Airport, New York. The flight information board was taken over by Jenny Holzer. More of these are in a gallery of 28 photos. See also photos from March 2001 when the terminal was still a terminal. 10.05 Update: Here's the other problem with corporate sponsors: Vanessa Beecroft, who showed a video of shackled black women in exaggerated black paint being ogled by mostly white revellers at a party the artist held two weeks earlier, found herself on the receiving end of well-intentioned but unfortunate censorship by JetBlue, one of the event's sponsors. As did Toland Grinnell, whose gold-plated vibrator was also pulled from show. Via jimlowney.com. 10.06 Update: MUG is reporting that the Port Authority has shut down the exhibit for security reasons. More info here. Related links: A more detailed writeup on the JetBlue problem. Photo of the Beecroft performance that displeased JetBlue. This writeup makes me wish the Ryoji Ikeda sound-and-light piece in one of the tunnels had been ready the night I was there.
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It's good to see people in the terminal, though, at least. I have many fond memories of entering that terminal on the way to far-off places. Posted by: Mike at October 2, 2004 7:38 AMMike: Yes, very true. Good to see it getting some love. (For those who don't know, it was closed for a while and faced an uncertain future. Now it looks like Jet Blue is going to do something with it.) Posted by: David at October 3, 2004 6:19 AMApparently this has been shut down. Grr. Posted by: Mike at October 6, 2004 9:08 PMRead, then post. Read, then post. Posted by: Mike at October 6, 2004 9:13 PMThe NYT reported that "Vomit and broken glass were on the terminal's floor." It looks pretty mellow to me. Posted by: matt at October 7, 2004 8:45 PMMatt: The photos are from last Wednesday night, not from the party on Friday that got the exhibit shut down. Wednesday was mostly mellow. Posted by: David at October 7, 2004 9:30 PMPost a comment
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