Last week, a few of us from Eyebeam went to see the staff show at the Phillips Gallery, which is down the street in the Milk building, across from Chelsea Market (I mention these places because in a few years time they won’t be there anymore). I hadn’t really been aware that Eyebeam was a type, rather than a place, or that – seeing as how Eyebeam is my day job rather than my art job – Eyebeam as a type would apply to me, but being at this opening, I have never felt more Eyebeam.
Looking at Christina, Friedrich and Jamie, seeing how we were dressed, how we carried ourselves, compared to all of those around us; thinking of the people who come to our openings at Eyebeam, or even how I dress when I want to be “fancy” at an Eyebeam opening (and you do know that I was fashion blogged at the last Eyebeam MIXER), and I realized:
Eyebeam is a type, and Eyebeam is a state of being, and we are all very Eyebeam, and everyone else at this opening – the Phillips opening – is very hip artiste, and while I wouldn’t go so far as to say “never the twain shall meet”, I would say this is a Venn diagram situation and the area of overlap is very specific.
July 31, 2008 Phillips Gallery Chelsea
July 31, 2008
The famous Art Market of the World
Last week, a few of us from Eyebeam went to see the staff show at the Phillips Gallery, which is down the street in the Milk building, across from Chelsea Market (I mention these places because in a few years time they won’t be there anymore). I hadn’t really been aware that Eyebeam was a type, rather than a place, or that – seeing as how Eyebeam is my day job rather than my art job – Eyebeam as a type would apply to me, but being at this opening, I have never felt more Eyebeam.
Looking at Christina, Friedrich and Jamie, seeing how we were dressed, how we carried ourselves, compared to all of those around us; thinking of the people who come to our openings at Eyebeam, or even how I dress when I want to be “fancy” at an Eyebeam opening (and you do know that I was fashion blogged at the last Eyebeam MIXER), and I realized:
Eyebeam is a type, and Eyebeam is a state of being, and we are all very Eyebeam, and everyone else at this opening – the Phillips opening – is very hip artiste, and while I wouldn’t go so far as to say “never the twain shall meet”, I would say this is a Venn diagram situation and the area of overlap is very specific.
Which I think our behavior only goes to prove.
And we weren’t even the ones drinking.
Drayton HiersPosted in Comment, Documentary | Leave a Comment »
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