WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2067
"THE SHOCK. THE AWE. THE ART."
SPONSORED BY MONSTER ENERGY DRINK.
In perhaps their most controversial undertaking to date, Prince Rama curated THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2067, a multimedia survey of "contemporary art of the future" in which they envisioned the de-evolution from post-modern to post-apocalypse and installed a 24 hr pop-up "biennial exhibition" in the 2nd floor of the Whitney Museum made up of various artists, artwork, and pseudo-sponsors they fabricated themselves. Part of the Blues for Smoke Exhibition.
FOREVER
--KEN DANGER (2067)
two motorcycles, two blonde teenage girls, mylar, EL wire, clay, mirrorball, seven English minks, blood of a pop star, Monster Energy Drink, two bags of dust collected from a Donald Judd exhibit, one bag of Cory Arcangel's coke, karaoke video
INFINITY DUET: WW V
--CASPER BRAHMS (2067)
oil, canvas, two keyboards droning "F", two stands, strobe light
FOR THE LOVE OF DAWG
---DAMON HEARST (2067)
human skull, jewels, hair of forty-seven afghan dogs, Prince's hat
UNTITLED (STONEHENGE)
--M.O.N.S.T.E.R. (Melodies Over Noospheric Space-Time Energy Realized) COLLECTIVE (2067)
astroturf, Monster Energy Drink, various works of critical theory
AMERICA HAS ITS CAKE AND EATS IT TOO
--AL BIRDSLAHT AND THOMLIN COLACE (2067)
four photocakes, two mirrors taken from the Plaza Hotel, tinsel, blacklight
BLOODY HIGH TOPS
--DONNA GIORDANO AND JOE SLY (2067)
astroturf, canvas, acrylic, blood of an adolescent male
TO PATROL THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2067, THE GUARD WAS EQUIPPED WITH VR GOGGLES AND AN AK-47
MONSTER AIR WAS SERVED BY NIMAI LARSON
Many thanks to Greta Hartenstein, Himanshu Suri, Lily Wahrman, Ian Jeffrey, Joey Asal, Wayne Stokes, Anthony Snead, Matthew Hoffman, Daniel J. Schlett, Ashley May, Rachel Fox, Lindsey Leonard, Stefanie Yarger, and Saraswathi Subbaraman. Photos by Derrick Belcham and John Rohrer.
