01 November 2011

"Talk To Me" @ MoMA


“Talk to Me: Design and the Communication Between People and Objects”

An exhibit where touching everything is encouraged?  Where do we sign up?

The entire exhibit is interactive in every way.  Make sure you have full battery on your smart phone and connect to MoMA's Wi-Fi for faster Internet speeds. Each piece has an accompanied bar scan for you to interact further with it. Additionally, every piece has a # for tweeting.  These tweets will be aggregated and included into the exhibition. 

This exhibit really changed the way I view everyday objects.  Many of the items were not re-designed by the artist themselves.  The artists brought in objects and broke down the intellectual nature of the object itself with regards to having the mass people understand its particular purpose and reasoning.  For example, an MTA Metro-card machine was placed within the exhibit.  Isolating this particular item, forces you to look at this item and investigate the purpose of why the machine was designed the way it is. The machine is efficient and no nonsense.  It has enamel coated steel which is scratch proof and makes it easier to remove graffiti.  The colors used are bright, primary colors. The colors chosen suggests the "colorful" transit experience one is about to endure on the NYC Subway.  I pride myself on being aware, but I have never taken the time of day to breakdown  the structure of the MTA Machine.  I have been known to kick it from time-to-time, and yell obscenities at it, like "Piece of shit."  I wont do this again. 

A few pieces that I thought were pretty rad: 

              · The all white Rubik’s Cube for the blind, embossed with Braille words-

                 Turned a once visual game into a tactile one.

             · “El Sajgadah”, an electroluminescent Muslim prayer rug with an internal 
              compass - Since Muslims must face Mecca when praying, the pattern on the rug 
              grows brighter as it turns in the right direction towards Mecca.

             · A picture of a building in Tokyo called “N Building Façade” - The outside  

               of the building is in the shape of a huge scan. The inhabitants of the building are 
               able to access up-to-date information simply by taking a picture of the facade. In 
               addition, passerby's are able to snap pictures of the facade to access 
               current information regarding the building, like an apartment opening. Good-Bye 
               shady, over-priced real estate brokers. 

Pictures: 


(My favorite piece of the exhibit)









HaHA!!!  Enjoy the Show, Enjoy the Ride.  Perfect for the Subway as a show it is :)

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