On December 19, 2010 the MOMA will be opening an exhibit of Andy Warhol’s Silent Films. The experimental black and white films have become just as famous as his iconic works of pop art in color. The films will be showing through the New Year into the end of March. The films are going to be projected onto screens and monitors in a gallery setting to provoke both the subject and the viewer in his manipulation of movie images. The silent films originally were debuted in Berlin in 2004 and have traveled to various museums around Brazil, Buenos Aires, Moscow, and Prague. His most famous silent film Silent Kiss will be one of the films projected, which was said to be one of the most experimental and daring films of the time and of the section.
Another interesting exhibit that is going to be at the MOMA, which relates to Warhol due to the interaction with everyday things, is called Talk to Me. Exploring the communication between people and everyday objects goes above and beyond what people notice regularly. The exhibit explores the dependence on technological items like cell phones, iPods, computers, and even the subway machines in which we purchase our Metro Cards. The exhibit focuses on the objects that we directly interact with like information systems, websites, furniture, and whole environments. This exhibit is going to open next year on July 24 and go until November 7, 2011. Although this project is in the early stages of development the idea sticks with people and makes everyday interactions seem bigger and gives them more significance.
At the MOMA now is an exhibition spanning across five continents. Small Scale, Big Change is made up of eleven architectural projects responding to localized needs in underserved communities. The exhibit, in which I visited, shows many different ideas of how to better communities and to help find practical solutions to known needs.
