galleryblog @ tufts

Today starts the daily walkthrough, such as it is, via photographs. Trust me, it’s much better in person, but on the off-chance that you’re too far away to visit, this should give you an idea of what’s in store.

The Emblem

This is on the wall behind the front desk, and is our signature image/logo for the exhibition. We’ve never had one before, and think it’s pretty…cosmic.

The Entrance

To the left of the front desk, there is an introductory panel [see music stand], a projection of the Kabakovs’ Utopian City model, and a speaker [that clear upside-down bowl-like thing]. The speaker is called “secret sound” and is designed so that if you stand right under it, you hear the narrative, and if you stand anywhere else you don’t.

The Orientation Space

This is where we’ve put prints by Ilya Kabakov, a slide show with sacred images and music composed for the exhibition by members of the Tufts Music Department, and text panels that highlight key ideas and themes of the exhibition. Note the crazy emblem projected onto the floor:

It’s called a GOBO and although I don’t know what that stands for, I do know that it’s basically a slide projected from a spotlight. I know, how technical of me.

Tomorrow we’ll go beyond the orientation space into…The Communication with the Cosmos Building!