Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow: The River is a Circle, A Closer Look with James Schmitz
Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow: The River is a Circle, A Closer Look with James Schmitz
Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow: The River is a Circle, A Closer Look with James Schmitz
Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow: The River is a Circle, A Closer Look with James Schmitz
About the Video
Artist James Schmitz discusses his collaboration with Marina Zurkow on Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow: The River is a Circle, an algorithmically responsive installation on the Whitney Museum’s fifth-floor terrace. Based on ecological research and historical archives, Schmitz’s custom software generates over 30,000 animated images that shift with real-time weather and seasonal changes, transforming Zurkow’s illustrations of the Hudson River into a living, lyrical ecosystem.
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.