MuseumChick | Danee Gilmartin

This is the last weekend for Carlito Carvalhosa’s interactive work at the MoMA, Sum of Days. The Brazilian artist has invited MoMA visitors to walk through his flowing, gauze-like white cloth that is suspending from the ceiling, allowing for only dark shadows of fellow gazers to show through, thanks to the fluorescent lights on the adjacent white wall. Taking their places among the curtain are microphones and speakers that record and play back compounded audio of previous visitors. The surrounding ambient sound lulled me through the maze of fabric in a calming, almost mesmerizing way, like a puppy falling calm to the regular heart beat of its mom. The large open space of the Marron Atrium changed dimensions as the cloth took up more space depending on the amount of visitors weaving inside. (And remember today, Friday is the MoMA’s late night- open until 8).

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Darcy was due for his booster shots yesterday, so as a responsible pet owner would, I got him an appointment at our regular vet on the Upper West Side. Being that I recently moved, I’m a bit further south now but I still decided to walk the 40 blocks there. To my surprise a new installation of Peter Woytuk sculptures were dancing up Broadway, entertaining Darcy and me the whole way there. Last year, around this same time I blogged about the Manolo Valdes sculptures that graced Broadway.

One of my favorites was “3 Big Apples”- a black, textured raven towering over the grates of the NYC subway, perched in the middle of traffic and balancing on three shiny, green apples. Granny Smiths, maybe?

A map next to each sculpture navigates the way through the overly colorful sculptures, starting at Columbus Circle and marching up to 166th Street. With a free audio tour, it makes for an economical outing or a more interesting way to stroll up Manhattan’s Upper West Side on a bright autumn day.

Darcy’s little Yorkie paws weren’t up for the 100 block hike but he did pose for a few pictures with the sculptures.

Entertaining commuters at the busy 72nd Street subway was “A Kiwi”.  A shocking blue 18,000 lbs. of aluminum!

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