You’re going to love this video. I went to The Metropolitan Museum to capture the incredible 2023 Roof Garden Commission by Lauren Halsey. I went early in the morning to bring you the most beautiful light and uncrowded footage of the Egyptian style temple constructed on top of the museum, that has taken the city by storm!
According to the Met website:
“American artist Lauren Halsey (b. 1987, Los Angeles) has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Halsey will create a full-scale architectural structure imbued with the collective energy and imagination of the South Central Los Angeles Community where she was born and continues to work. Titled the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I), the installation is designed to be inhabited by The Met’s visitors, who will be able to explore its connections to sources as varied as ancient Egyptian symbolism, 1960s utopian architecture, and contemporary visual expressions like tagging that reflect the ways in which people aspire to make public places their own.
Join me for a meditative, calming exploration of Lauren Halsey’s breathtaking work accompanied by relaxing wind chimes and wind instruments. It’s an audio-visual ASMR delight.
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