Thanks!
to the great
staff and supporters of the Wolfsonian!
From
December 1st to 11th, 2007, the Wolfsonian Museum of Florida International
University
presented the robotic Ballet mécanique,
created by Paul D. Lehrman and
the League
of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR),
Eric Singer, director.
Performances
were twice daily, and in between,
the documentary film Bad Boy Made Good was screened each day.
This
installation was part of the Wolfsonian's participation in Art
Basel,
Miami's biggest art event, December 6-9.
The
gave terrific coverage:
| 11/27/07 | "When you enter a room for a concert and face three airplane propellers you know the composer means business…" |
| 12/01/07 | "A couple days before the Miami Beach debut of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mecanique, a piece so cacophonous the first performance caused a riot and so fast it can only be properly played by robots, the robots were acting up…" |
| 12/03/07 | "…this
outrageous work is best experienced in unsafe mode, where its mechanistic
ferocity and riotous noise can make full, deafening impact…"
|
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And: a slide
show of the opening-night party by photographer Tomás Loewy
