JENNY HOLZER TAKES THOUGHT TO THE SKIES AND WRAPS MAJESTIC FACADES IN POETRY
photo: Charlie Samuels, October 2004
JENNY HOLZER: FOR NEW YORK CITY OCTOBER 26 – NOVEMBER 1, 2004
(October 19, 2004 New York, NY) Internationally acclaimed artist Jenny Holzer returns to New York City to launch her first public artwork here in over a decade. The project consists of her first xenon projections in the United States, and an inventive and spectacular display of her Truisms flying high in the New York City sky. AIRPLANE BANNER TRUISMS
A squadron of airplanes will fly along the Hudson River pulling banners emblazoned with text comprised of Truisms and a quote from Abraham Lincoln. Filling the sky with universal declarations, the artwork will enthrall onlookers to reflect upon the manifestations of power, public life, and the role of the individual in collective society.
DATES Saturday October 30, Sunday October 31 and Monday November 1 TIME 1:00 – 3:30 p.m PLACE Planes fly from the Verrazano Bridge up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge, looping from Battery Park City. Best viewing along the Hudson waterfront in NY and NJ. Dates and times are subject to change. Call 212.206.6674x2.
MEDIA PREVIEW Preview Flight Tuesday, October 26, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Pier 63 @23rd Street Planes pulling Holzer’s Truism banners will fly along the Hudson River from Battery Park to the George Washington Bridge and loop several times for photo opportunities. The artist will be present for interviews. Photographs available now for publication. Rain date: October 27.
MEDIA CONTACT Sara DeRose, Communications Associate, [email protected] Maureen Sullivan, Dir. of External Affairs, 212.206.6674x205 [email protected] photo: Attilio Maranzano
XENON POETRY PROJECTIONS 8PM - MIDNIGHT Jenny Holzer’s stirring xenon projections have captivated audiences around the globe from Buenos Aires to Paris to Berlin. She now presents them for the first time in the United States. On several evenings, from eight p.m. until midnight, the words of important poets Wislawa Szymborska, Yehuda Amichai, and Henri Cole, among others will scroll over landmark New York City buildings enveloping them with beauty and power. Location and projection fuse to imbue the environment with the compelling language, and the language with intoxicating physicality.
Tuesday October 26 The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street
Wednesday October 27 Bethesda Fountain, Central Park (enter at 72nd Street, walk to middle of the park)
Thursday October 28 515 Greenwich Street @ corner of Spring Street
Friday October 29 The Cooper Union, Intersection of 7th St and 3rd Ave
Additional information on www.creativetime.org/programs THE ARTIST For more than twenty-five years, Jenny Holzer has presented her ideas, arguments, and sorrows through words in public places and international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale, the Reichstag, and the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao. Starting in the late 1970s with posters, to theater marquees for Creative Time’s 42nd Street Art Project in 1993/94, to her recent xenon projections, her practice has rivaled ignorance and violence with humor, kindness, and moral courage. CREATIVE TIME New York’s most adventurous non-profit arts presenter, Creative Time has taken arts of all disciplines virtually everywhere in the cityscape over the last 33 years. From the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage and Times Square to artist-designed skywriting, fireworks and Tribute in Light, Creative Time engages millions each year. www.creativetime.org
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