CREATIVE TIME AFTERHOURS
"AFTERHOURS" INSTALLATIONS AT CREATIVETIME'S SPRING GALA AND FUNDRAISER / NYC / MAY 5th, 2011
ART DIRECTION • SET DESIGN • PROGRAMMING
Creative Time's annual silent auction and gala is a true staple on the social calendar of the New York art scene. The 2011 gala theme, “Afterhours,” drew inspiration from the epic 80’s nightclub, AREA - where the club’s entire design theme changed as quickly as the en vogue hairstyles. As a tribute to this bygone bacchanalian palace, WCIP created two living dioramas that answered the question: “Where’s the afterparty?!” The two dioramas were set into to a 40 foot long wall of art up for auction, bookending priceless works from some of today’s most renowned artists. Each diorama encompassed 60 square feet, complete with glassed opening for peering inside. The ladies lounge diorama was inhabited by downtown doyenne, Yozmit, and her two playthings for the evening. The trio explored themes of femininity through a poetic ballet of slow, ritualistic movements. On the opposite end, guests peeked into the quintessential middle American suburban kitchen caught somewhere in between the 70’s and the edge of the universe. Mistress of quirk Gerry Visco held court with a full orchestra of questionable characters, juxtaposed with a view of a silent “nuclear winter” scene visible outside the window. Guests were invited inside to become a part of each diorama’s story, involving anything from group love to a raging food fight. Photos by Matthew Barela.
Read press on the event HERE
ART DIRECTION • SET DESIGN • PROGRAMMING
Creative Time's annual silent auction and gala is a true staple on the social calendar of the New York art scene. The 2011 gala theme, “Afterhours,” drew inspiration from the epic 80’s nightclub, AREA - where the club’s entire design theme changed as quickly as the en vogue hairstyles. As a tribute to this bygone bacchanalian palace, WCIP created two living dioramas that answered the question: “Where’s the afterparty?!” The two dioramas were set into to a 40 foot long wall of art up for auction, bookending priceless works from some of today’s most renowned artists. Each diorama encompassed 60 square feet, complete with glassed opening for peering inside. The ladies lounge diorama was inhabited by downtown doyenne, Yozmit, and her two playthings for the evening. The trio explored themes of femininity through a poetic ballet of slow, ritualistic movements. On the opposite end, guests peeked into the quintessential middle American suburban kitchen caught somewhere in between the 70’s and the edge of the universe. Mistress of quirk Gerry Visco held court with a full orchestra of questionable characters, juxtaposed with a view of a silent “nuclear winter” scene visible outside the window. Guests were invited inside to become a part of each diorama’s story, involving anything from group love to a raging food fight. Photos by Matthew Barela.
Read press on the event HERE
