Alicia Hall Moran & Jason Moran’s week-long Biennial residency included a cover of Beyoncé’s “Run the World (Girls)” with taiko drummers, among many other events.
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Richard Maxwell and New York City Players in open rehearsal.
Richard Maxwell making/being art at the Whitney Biennial yesterday.
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Richard Maxwell, Notes, 1998–2007. See Maxwell rehearse his new play on the 4th Floor during museum hours April 25-29, 2012.
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Biennial curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders recount how a comment from playwright Richard Maxwell about the Whitney’s 4th Floor led them to a new vision of the exhibition.
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Richard Maxwell and New York City Players rehearsing a new play at the Whitney Museum, April 24, 2012. They will be rehearsing on our 4th Floor through Sunday, April 29.
Photograph by Sascha van Riel for Artforum
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Prop table for playwright Richard Maxwell’s 4th Floor residency, which runs through April 29 as part of the Biennial. Photograph by Sarah Meller in our marketing department.
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“We didn’t want to just do a show on the Whitney’s fourth floor. It didn’t make sense to carry over the trappings of theater into a museum structure. It would be a forced fit. In my work, I embrace the environment and the circumstances. So you’ll see me working with four or five actors, a set designer, a costume designer, and some other folks. We’re rehearsing our next play. It’s a real work, not something we’re drumming up for the biennial.”
Playwright Richard Maxwell wrote 500 words about his Biennial residency for Artforum. His company, New York City Players, will be on the 4th Floor of the Whitney Museum through April 29.
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A clip from Richard Maxwell’s play ”Drummer Wanted,” 2001. Maxwell and his company, New York City Players, will be in residency on the Whitney Museum’s 4th floor, working on a new original play April 25-29. Watch more New York City Players videos on their YouTube channel.
