‘Glass House Presents’ is an ongoing series of public programs – including conversations, performances, and gatherings – that sustains the site’s historic role as a meeting place for artists, architects, and other creative minds.
Before each event, visitors will enjoy the opportunity to explore the Glass House campus and view current exhibitions, including Fujiko Nakaya: Veil.
Fujiko Nakaya: Veil is the first site-specific artist project to engage the iconic Glass House itself, designed by Philip Johnson and completed in 1949. Nakaya, a Japanese artist who has produced fog sculptures and environments internationally, will wrap the Glass House in a veil of dense mist that comes and goes. For approximately 10 to 15 minutes each hour, the Glass House will appear to vanish, only to return as the fog dissipates. Inside the structure, the sense of being outdoors will be temporarily suspended during the misty spells. This project is on view through to 30 November.
Other events include:
Sunday 18 May – Maya Lin + Edwina von Gal
Sunday 8 June – David Adjaye + Thelma Golden
Sunday 4 May, 3-5.30pm – Night Sounds #4 featuring lucky dragons
lucky dragons is an ongoing collaboration between LA-based artists Sarah Rara and Luke Fischbeck. Active since 2000, lucky dragons is known for an open and participatory approach to making music, radically inclusive live shows, and playful, humanistic use of digital tools.
Tuesday 13 May, 6.30pm
Fujiko Nakaya is joined by Henry Urbach, Director of the Glass House, to discuss the artist’s current project at the Glass House.
Public programs take place from 3.00 to 5.30 pm on Sundays, and 5.30 to 8.00pm on Thursdays.
The program concludes with light refreshments with The Glass House Summer Party taking place on Saturday 14 June from 12-4pm.
Images:
Fog test in preparation for Fujiko Nakaya: Veil at the Glass House
Rendering of Fujiko Nakaya: Veil at the Glass House
Courtesy of the Glass House and Fujiko Nakaya
