the MoMA Tower

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City revealed plans 3 years ago for a new skyscraper that has been named the MoMA Tower. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the tower will be a 75-story tall building rivaling the Chrysler Building. Made up of glass and steel, the building curves as it stretch higher, seeming to sway from side to side. This new tower will be home to luxury apartments and a hotel with three fours being used for the museum itself. MoMA, known for its breakthrough in museum architecture, is striving to not only make itself a more prominent institution in the art world, but in all of society. The new structure will not only change the way people perceive he museum, it will change the New York skyline. This brings up the idea that museums are now not only expected to house great art, but are expected to be a work of art in-and-of themselves. Is it necessary for MoMA to have a hotel and apartment building attached to it? Is it odd that they would build such a monumental structure, in the name of the museum with only 3 of the 75 floors actually being devoted to art?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/arts/design/15arch.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin

Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

The statements that most stick out to me are numbers 1 (Allow events to change you), 9 (Begin anywhere), 12 (Keep moving), 21 (Repeat yourself) and especially 34 (Make mistakes faster). All these rules deal with the idea that you have to let yourself go and make mistakes along the way. As with number 21: “Repeat yourself. If you like it, do it again. If you don’t like it, do it again.” I have a tendency to drop something all together if it doesn’t turn out right the first time. It would do me more good to work with it again and fix it than to abandon what could have been a great idea with just a few problem spots. But number 34 is my favorite: “Make mistakes faster”. I tend to mess up and dwell on it. I never let it go and move on, and that takes time and energy. There is nothing wrong with messing up, but overcoming it is most important. It’s something I need to work on.