Cammindando | Blithewood Garden and Hudson River Views

While the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS) celebrated its twentieth anniversary  I enjoyed a stroll in the Blithewood Garden, located near the Levy Institute. This formal Italian garden was designed by Francis Hoppin, an alumnus of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, at the turn of the twentieth century. The formal axis introduces a sequence of view to announce its westernmost final destination: a framed view of the Hudson river and Catskill mountains in the background.

"Anti-Establishment" included a day long art openings and performances at the Hessel Museum.

camminando + exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum

 

Framing the Sun

I was disappointed by Tomas Saraceno's roof installation; while allusive to entering to space, it is mainly perceived as an object. The interior polyhedral forms are not strong enough while they could have been used as focal structural elements. Nevertheless I enjoyed the kaleidoscopic views and of course the mirrored interactive self portraits are always enjoyable.

 Not to be missed: Schiaparelli & Prada; a masterpiece of exhibition design at the intersection between art and fashion, portraying the conversing vocabulary of the two fashion masters.

 And of course, the permanent collection, including artifact from ancient classical Greek Roman architecture and sculpture

 

camminando | Framing Views of Central Park

My art | walking theme du jour is framing views.
I started this morning with a walk in Central Park, shortly after the sun rose behind the Fifth Avenue tall buildings. A loop around the lake, passing through the Ramble.

Here it goes, in space-time order:

Photo credit: Daniela Bertol

Map elaborated from Google Maps

Excerpts from the conceptual multimedia project

“Axes Mundi: Perceptions and Understanding of Places as Intersections of Space, Time and Culture"