This is New York
Museum of the City of New YorkStudio Joseph with Wendy Joseph, Monica Coghlan,
Sharon Li and Dome Collective Interacitve Design and RadicalMedia
Completed 2023
In honor of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Museum of the City of New York, this exhibit showcases and explores the many ways that the city has inspired storytelling across artforms. Featuring work in film, television, painting, music, poetry and performing arts, the exhibit paints a collective and moving image of the city.
The full floor exhibition is organized around the types of urban spaces where the stories of New York are told. The Main Gallery features “Tempo of the City,” a space of undulating wall surfaces that juxtapose various ways that artists have emotionally expressed sentiments of the public crowd, either in joy or alienation, fear or pridel This gallery also includes the interactive “Songs of New York” where visitors can explore the five boroughs and the songs they have inspired. In the South Gallery, “Destination: NYC” showcases work about the city’s spaces for gathering and spectacle, its nightlife spots as well as its iconic parks and waterfronts. The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Gallery includes “At Home in New York” showcasing literature works that depict New York domesticity. Finally the North Gallery includes an immersive 16-screen experience drawn from hundreds of films about the city.
