MoMA PS1: new name, new courtyard installation, old fight with LIC’s CB2

Why should they have to? What qualifies Joe Conley to say what is and is not art. The wall was put up for an artistic effect. I happen to like the starkness of it. If the CB does not get the concept then so be it, but now we have to listen to their views on what is and is not art. Why stop there? Can the CB decide what the installations inside the museum are as well? It not like the wall exists to lock out the community. They have installation in the courtyard all the time. How would you prevent people from interfering with them after hours?

I love that wall and the light installation i think is brilliant!!!

I dunno… do we really need to be that offended by the wall? And I don’t hate the twinkle little wall idea either. It’s nice and minimal. Could be elegant. Maybe they could throw in a couple small cutouts to compromise, though. It would be nice to look inside and see what’s going on. It is a public sponsored art space, not a private home. That part I do agree with, though I’ve never felt offended or excluded by the wall. And LIC residents can always go for free and check it out that way.

There are many walls in LIC that are much uglier than that.

I like you, #9.

I see both sides of this debate. The wall is stark. But it’s not as offensive as if it were in the middle of a bunch of single-family houses. It’s just part of the urban fabric. Plus, if there were problems with the wall’s design, why weren’t they addressed by the CB prior to construction? Take it on the chin, haters. LEDs actually are a fun solution.

Joe Conley does not represent me when he says the community is against this. I live in this community and I love the wall.

#9 brings up a good point that I think should be discussed on this site more often. WHY HAS THE CITILIGHTS BUILDING HAD SCAFFOLDING ON IT FOR SO MANY YEARS? This needs to be taken down. Imagine what people would say if any of the new developments hadn’t taken down their scaffolding.

Also, the PS1 wall already has window slits in it cut at an angle. This guy probably hasn’t bothered to actually walk past…

The Truth.
1. I walked passed this wall and the first thing that came to my mind was… This wall along with the video cameras and the height of the wall was a security measure for whatever was on the other side. Then I wanted to know what was on the side. As I went around the building all the doors was locked except this one door that had a security guard at the entrance. The place just was not inviting at all (especially when calling itself a Museum) and I’ve lived here in Queens for 50 years. Would I go back? Not without an invitation.

2. If I was a tourist would I take a picture of this concrete slab as Art. No.

3. Yet no one really has the right to tell another person what is art. As the old saying goes Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

4. The problem here is creating this isolating effect and trying to say were here for the public. It’s like saying this is our car but you never get to drive it.

5. Before you give feed back on this Great Wall of LIC you must visit it and come back and tell us how long you actually how long you stood in front of this Wall and admired its creativity.

SOLUTION: As a public place be more considerate of the public. Parks are open to the Public. Museum of Natual History is Open to the Public, Times Square is Open to the Public – Even the Statue of Liberty is Open to the Public.