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MoMA PS1 at Long Island City, Queens, New York
You can wear your fur like a river on fire, but you'd better be sure if you're making God a liar
Summer 2010
For at least seven years now, I have made sure to make a summer Saturday pilgrimage to PS1 to enjoy Warm Up and the annual installation by the winner of the Young Architects Program. This year's entry (by SO-IL) is most certainly fun. Titled Pole Dance, it involves a series of moveable (or more accurately push-able) poles, all supporting a netting that in turn supports a lot of beach balls. More fun than it should be, although not effective at all in terms of shading. If you haven't seen it yet, pick a Saturday and go. One of the great (annual) things to see in the city and something I can never recommend enough.
Summer 2009
Here is some pphotographic proof of my annual pilgrimage to PS1 in Long Island City (Queens) to see their annual Warm Up courtyard canopy installation. This year's Young Architects Program competition winning canopy is Afterparty by MOS (not to be confused with SOM I guess). When it was announced way back in January it looked horrible to me- a small intervention (generally bigger ones work better) with a depressing backstory- Afterparty's premise was that due to recent economic events there's really nothing to look forward to anymore. Still despite such a gloomy start, you'll all be happy to know that in person Afterparty kicks ass. A great, superfurry monster of an intervention that (unlike most recent canopies) is actual real architecture. Can't recommend this one enough. You have from now until the end of August to get yourself to Queens to see this in person. Trust me.
Summer 2008
This year’s PS1 canopy is called PF1, and since PS1 stands for Public School 1, PF1 stands for Public Farm 1. Designed by WORK Architecture, it feels more intellectually interesting than actually interesting, although it does provide some decent shading and it’s a nice juxtaposition to see the normally pale hipster crowds at Warm Up with an actual mini farm.
