‪‬HWKN’s ‘Wendy’ announced as MoMA PS1 13th annual Young Architects Program winner, a large nylon star treated to neutralize airborne pollutants [AO Newslink]

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‪‬MoMA PS1 and Volkswagen unveil ‘Performance Dome’ for ‘Sunday Sessions’ this spring [AO Newslink]

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MoMA PS1 and DIS magazine held a sunset cocktail party during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 honoring Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch featuring a special performance organized by DIS Magazine with DJs Telfar, Total Freedom, and Physical Therapy at the pool and Sunset Lounge of the Mondrian Hotel.  A Kim Kardashian look alike contest was held.   The following is a photoset from the event.

PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach

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‪‬MoMA PS1 announces ‘Young Architects 2012’ shortlist for courtyard installation, one NYC finalist [AO Newslink]

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Installation view of George Segal’s Woman on a Park Bench (1998) and Roger Hiorns’ Untitled (2008) in September 11, MoMA PS1, 2011. Photo: Matthew Septimus.

For an exhibition dedicated to the memory of September 11, 2001, September 11 at MoMA PS1 is conspicuously void of images from the tragedy 10 years ago. There are no day-after headlines, no lists of missing persons, no photos of crumbling towers filled with smoke and terror. Instead, curator Peter Eleey approaches 9/11 with more than 70 works by 41 different artists, the works created for reasons wholly separate from, and many before, 9/11/01—only 1 piece was made as a direct response to the tragedy. “Horrific, yet familiar, images of the attacks and their aftermath are embedded in our memories,” says the press release. “This exhibition considers the ways in which 9/11 has altered how we see and experience the world in its wake.”

Installation view of Jeremy Deller’s Unrealized Project for the Exterior of the Carnegie Museum (2004-2011) and Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ “Untitled” (The End) (1990) in September 11, MoMA PS1, 2011. Photo: Matthew Septimus.

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Courtyard ‘zinester’ tent at MoMA PS1. All photos on site for Art Observed by Samuel Sveen.

Over 200 exhibitors, ranging from artists and zinesters to antique booksellers and international publishers, tabled their wares at MoMA PS1 this weekend. Free admission was granted throughout the museum, with the book fair beginning in the courtyard and extending to the first and third floors, while other exhibitions were also on view—in particular, the 9/11 exhibition on the second floor. The sixth annual event was presented by Printed Matter, Inc., and also included several performances, talks, and book-signings.

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Teengirl Fantasy at MoMA PS1 Warm Up. All photos for Art Observed by Joachim Azoulay.

For the summer’s final ‘Warm Up’ at MoMA PS1, the all-afternoon courtyard party kept entertained by music from Kenny Dope, Tanlines, Syd tha Kyd, Teengirl Fantasy, and Physical Therapy. Some of the acts had been rescheduled from their earlier performances slated for August 27th, due to Hurricane Irene. Aside from dancing, art enthusiasts enjoyed drinks throughout the space, admiring a room of mirrors or playing ping pong. And while the anticipated 9/11 exhibition was off limits, the first floor shown the works of Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception.

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