"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
—Mike Kelley
SHORT: Matthew Ritchie: Architect Benjamin Aranda
From the series, "Exclusive"
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Architect Benjamin Aranda, of Aranda/Lasch, discusses his contribution to artist Matthew Ritchie’s anti-pavillion project "The Morning Line" (2008), produced in collaboration with engineer-architect Daniel Bosia & Arup AGU, and physicists Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok.
Commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for the 3rd Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Seville, "The Morning Line" was on view October 2, 2008–January 11, 2009 at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, Spain.
Producer: Eve Moros Ortega and Nick Ravich. Camera: Joel Shapiro. Sound: Judy Karp. Editor: Jenny Chiruco. Artwork Courtesy: Matthew Ritchie and Aranda/Lasch. Thanks: Benjamin Aranda.
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