Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi, Renewal, Loss, and Memory
Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi, Renewal, Loss, and Memory
Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi, Renewal, Loss, and Memory
Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi, Renewal, Loss, and Memory
About the Video
Artist Kelly Akashi reflects on the emotional and technical processes behind Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi, a site-specific installation in response to the Eaton fire that explores renewal, loss, memory, and how objects carry inherited histories.
About the Program
The annual Hyundai Terrace Commission gives artists and curators a platform to present site-specific works on the museum’s fifth-floor terrace, as part of the Whitney’s 10-year partnership with Hyundai Motor. Artists are invited to create large-scale, experimental projects that enable them to test their aspirations, incubate their creativity, and respond to the space and the neighborhood. During the years of the Whitney Biennial (every two years), the fifth-floor terrace space will feature the commissioned work of an artist for the Hyundai Terrace Commission in conjunction with the larger Biennial exhibition.