A silent “guard” is part of Terence Koh’s latest immersive installation (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
1133 Broadway, Suite 1626
Through Saturday, September 22, free, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
www.terencekoh.com
New York-based rock-star artist Terence Koh has become famous for creating unique installations and performances filled with mystery and attended by all the right people. Last year the artist formerly known as asianpunkboy staged “nothingtoodoo,” in which, over the course of several weeks, he spent eight hours a day slowly circling a forty-seven-ton, eight-foot-high, twenty-four-foot-wide mound of salt at the Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea. Koh’s Asia Song Society has now collaborated with rock-star gallerist Sean Kelly for “One Person at a Time,” an intriguing, fun experience in the Flatiron District. Koh has transformed several rooms on the sixteenth floor of 1133 Broadway into an immersive exploration of, well, to say too much would give it away, but it has to do with body parts, the Freedom Tower, and Koh’s trademark obsession with the color white. From 7:00 to 9:00 at night through September 22, visitors wait on line for their chance to walk (“no shoes pleased,” as it says on Koh’s website) through the rooms by themselves, where they are encouraged to look in every cabinet, open every drawer, leaf through every book, and peer through every hole. A silent “guard” who sits outside the entrance will show you all the rules; he’ll also watch you via surveillance cameras, so try not to do anything too weird while you’re inside. “One Person at a Time” is another fab journey into the whitewashed mind of one of today’s most enigmatic and entertaining artists.