Chin Chih Yang’s “Kill Me or Change” will feature thirty thousand aluminum cans dropped on the artist in front of the Queens Museum
Queens Museum of Art
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Saturday, July 28, and Sunday, July 29, free, 2:00
718-592-9700
www.queensmuseum.org
On Saturday and Sunday, Taiwanese artist Chin Chih Yang will bury himself under a barrage of thirty thousand aluminum cans, making a statement about art, the environment, recycling, and overconsumption. The longtime New Yorker will present “Kill Me or Change” in front of the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a follow-up to his 2007 installation in Union Square Park, “123PollutionSolution,” in which he collected thirty-five thousand cans and ten thousand MetroCards and placed them in a rectangular arrangement on the ground. While you’re at the museum, you should go inside as well, where a five-dollar suggested donation will let you see such special exhibits as “Ada Bobonis: Stages, Mountains, Water” and “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World” and such long-term shows as “A Watershed Moment: Celebrating the Homecoming of the Relief Map of the New York City Water Supply System” and the spectacular “Panorama of the City of New York.”
Is he or isn’t he? In Alfred Hitchcock’s glamorous thriller set on the French Riviera, Cary Grant stars as John Robie, a famous burglar known as the Cat who has supposedly retired but is suddenly believed to be responsible for a rash of new jewelry thefts. Determined to prove his innocence and catch the real thief, he enlists the help of Lloyd’s of London insurance agent H. H. Hughson (John Williams), who supplies him with a list of women on the Riviera who have expensive baubles ripe for the taking. At the top of the list are the Americans Jessie Stevens (Jessie Royce Landis) and her gorgeous daughter, Francie (a radiant Grace Kelly), who teases Robie, hinting that she might in fact be the Cat — if he isn’t. As Robie avoids the cops and looks to his old friends in the French Resistance for further help, the tension heats up, leading to a climax that takes place on the rooftops of the French Riviera. Grant’s third of four outings with Hitchcock and Kelly’s third and final turn with the suspense master is an exciting “who’s doing it” featuring the dream pairing of two of Hollywood’s most beautiful and talented superstars, filled with just the right amount of comedy and romance in a glorious setting. Look for Alfie to make his appearance early on, causing Grant to do a double take in the back of a bus. To Catch a Thief is screening July 28 & 29 in a new DCP restoration at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of the institution’s continuing See It Big! series.
