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In 1987, he initially studied magazine illustration 1 with philip hays at the art center college of design in pasadena before graduating in fine arts in 1991. Widely known for his innovative fine art installations, doug aitken is at the forefront of 21st century art making. Sleepwalkers hardcover january 1, 2007 by klaus biesenbach author, peter eleey author, doug aitken artist. Tracks b and cd2 performed live in basel, switzerland, as part of il tempo del postino, 2009. Aitkens sleepwalkers is what the artist dubs a broken screen narrative in a book he wrote of the same title.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. This exhibition by internationally recognized installation and video artist aitken b. The medium is the message he sought to turn these buildings inside out musems exterior instead of interior public, outdoor event, part of the city scale why sleepwalkers. Conceived in the spirit of multimedia editions of the past, such as andy warhols index and the mid sixties artist editionjournal aspen, the sleepwalkers box is designed to encourage you to create your own multisensory experiences as you explore a kaleidoscopic universe. Sleepwalkers premiered as a monumental outdoor video projection onto seven facades of the museum of modern art in.
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Doug aitken is an artist who defies definitions of genre. The sleepwalkers box princeton architectural press. In doug aitken s sleepwalkers, these characters provide a blueprint for the city a living, breathing mechanism fueled by the desires and ambitions of its inhabitants, who, in turn, nourish and are nourished by the citys energy, breadth, and depth. In 2009, his sonic pavilion opened to the public in the hills of brazil at the new cultural foundation inhotim. The silent story, told in exquisite imagery, chronicled the lives of five characters as they moved through the city. Jun 20, 2007 documentation of the exhibition at the museum of modern art, january 16february 12, 2007. Text by klaus biesenbach, peter eleey, doug aitken.
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