Trip to Chelsea

Our trip began on the Highline which is a favorite New York treasure of mine. I love that hidden in plain sight all throughout the city are these great cultural monuments and I'm particularly excited to see some of the art installations along the path. We passed the Gehry building on our way towards the first gallery and I was amazed I'd never really noticed it before. Autumn and I decided it should only be allowed for artists' studio spaces because corporate businesses wouldn't appreciate such great architecture. (Some day I hope this is true,maybe we'll at least have our studios there.)
Our first stop was the Postmasters gallery which when you first walk in seems pretty abstract. However, after the curator explained to us the exhibit and the concept of data visualization I was really intrigued. I loved each of his pieces almost purely as opportunities to alter my perspective. I love when an artist asks me to rethink the way I see the world. His piece representing the night sky of the battle of Troy was inspiring; the details that went into its creation were fantastic.
Next we went to see Bitforms, which was opening its new exhibit that evening. I was completely drawn in by its pieces that redefined space, text, and sound, again asking me to rethink my perspective. I was particularly pleased by one of the artist's play with typography by creating the giant vagina with multilingual text.
I think, however, that I was most impressed with the last gallery we went to see, Eyebeam. Especially for our generation which has seen much of our social lives turn into the "screen," it was so refreshing to see people looking for ways to bring it back out again while still maintaining our fascination with technology. It gives me so much hope that a place like this exists to put faith in artists, engineers, and inventors to come up with new ideas and challenge the status quo.