Doug Aitken Happening, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Video directed by Jesse Reding Fleming.

On February 2, 2007, Doug Aitken and PopRally presented an event which included a reception, musical performances by Cat Power and street drummers Ryan Donowho and Hishan Bharoocha, storytelling by Melissa Plaut, and other surprise guests. The event was held in conjunction with Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers.

For more information on PopRally, visit http://www.moma.org/poprally

CREDITS
Film Title:
Doug Aitken Happening, The Museum of Modern Art 2007

Director:
Jesse Reding Fleming

Executive Producers:
Ink Tree Editions & Cristina Betchler
303 Gallery New York & Lisa Spellman
Doug Aitken Workshop

Participants:
Hisham Bharcocha - drum table percussionist
Jesse Lee - drum table percussionist
Brian Degraw - drum table percussionist
Ryan Donowho - bucket drummer
Chan Marshall - Cat Power
Jill Doherty - auctioneer
Vincent St. George - auctioneer
Melissa Plaut - cab driver

Crew:
Daniel Desure - Producer
Chris Totushek - Co-Producer
Nicholas Trikonis - stage manager / lighting director
Pat Dignan - lighting designer
Jim Tolth - Audio
Daniel Smith - Audio Recording

MoMA Crew:
Sean Egan
Lexi Lee
Margaret Raimondi
Eliza Ryan

Photography:
Director Of Photography - Jesse Reding Fleming
Special Guest, Master Photographer - Christopher Doyle

Additional Photography:
Daniel Leeb
Todd Armitage

Camera Operators:
Terry Gjezo
Jesse Reding Fleming
Teresa Soneborg
Mathew Weiss
Rain

Post Production:
Editor - Jesse Reding Fleming
Assistant Editor - Chris Totushek
Dave Quattrini - Post Production Sound Mix
Graphic Design - Paul Wysocan

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• doug
• aitken
• poprally
• museum
• modern
• contemporary
• art
• moma
• sleepwalkers
• ryan
• donowho

[doorsgirl100]

The point of alot of performance art usually escapes me, but the visuals on the buildings are beautiful and poignnnant telling a story at night. The auctioning matches the percussion and builds with the music in volume and speed. The percussionists are shown playing almost slow motion in the background. With Ryan coming in and increasing the tempo and bringing it to a great climax. This video is beautiful wish I could have been there to see it in person!

[ronashahar]

it's fantastic !! Love it!!

[whothefuckisrobwhite]

thats one of the wierdest things i have seen

[poopyfive]

lol try a little harder

[omgtwee]

I've always found those auctioning types fascinating and this whole video is just awesome! Plus Ryan Donowho is always a plus <3

[loganllover]

Rock it out Ryan!!! Rock it out!!!

[foreverphantoms]

I'm in an art history class and we're writing a paper on contemperary art. We had a list of things we could choose to write about online and this is my favorite. This is really cool.

[jovigolightly]

Ryan Donowho's playing is so whack

[radecor]

From an Atken in Scotland . Awsome ! Good to know ther are more of us who are out of it . the norm , the dark . oh and hello from wee Isla Aitken !

[cinemathequefilms]

The first shot is haunting not unlike Blade Runner juxtaposed against the fog. That milieu gets lost immediately in the "bidding." Where art somehow becomes the art of the auction. There's a "sixties" thing to it especially with the accouterment. Backward. Forward. Still looking for the thread. Then, aha, hanging in the wind. You could maintain there is no thread (and that is fine). But the parting shot is thread again. -- Tim Barrus