Wetcircuit’s interactive installation at a fundraiser for Young Associates of the Chelsea Art Museum invited guest to step into the art and communicate with it physically.

A wonderful write up at Scallywag & Vagabond

On the wall was a black box, approximately 15 feet square, projected from what appeared to be a command center about 30 feet away. Inside the box: small white dots uniformly placed throughout… little pinpricks of light. When someone moved within the box, the white dots would stretch and writhe unpredictably, as if magnetically drawn to the movement.

The art came alive.

As I watched two guys flail before this one-dimensional shrine (to the sound stylings of DJ Sir Shorty), I asked the artist, Holly Daggers, for the name of this crowd favorite. “Ummm, Thing I Created for Chelsea Art Museum?” she responded. I asked if she could control the movements of the piece. “I can ratchet it up or bring it down a bit, but that’s about it” she said with a shrug, before she was struck by a new name for the piece. “Tribute to a Sea Anemone!” she exclaimed. Clearly this piece wasn’t about control – it was about creation – and permanent labels were limiting.

Join us for the Summer Solstice Party hosted by the Young Associates of the Chelsea Art Museum where we will be showing our continuing work incorporating video and live motion.

Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 8:00pm – midnight
Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street at 11th Avenue, NYC
$20 entry donation; free for YA members + 1 guest
Open Bar all night, DJ: Brion Isaacs (of Beatrice fame)
21 and over to enter.

With video projections and paintings by 10 different NYC artists, music by NYC resident guru Brion Isaacs, and a solid group of NYC revelers, our annual summer party is taking off on the longest day of the year at the Chelsea Art Museum.

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