Scam | MoMA R&D Salon 53 | MoMA LIVEA college degree? A safe retirement fund? The elections? The American dream? All these pillars of our way of life are grounds where scams can take hold––and some people consider them scams in and of themselves. There are fraudulent schemes that are ancient and others that are exquisitely rooted in the age of digital communication and social media, when the feeling of being swindled applies even more broadly across the spectrum of everyday life. S...
Why John Wilson can’t stop filmingDive into the mind, collection, and home office of John Wilson, documentary filmmaker and the creator of “How to with John Wilson” on HBO. Follow along as John takes us through his daily routine and unique perspective on filming every day in New York City. From thrifting for strangers' old VHS tapes to rewatching his childhood home videos, John reflects on finding meaning in the overlooked and discarded. Offering a rare glimpse into his creative sp...
Uncovering Jack Whitten’s mysterious abstractions | HOW TO SEEMeet Jack Whitten, the history-making artist who invented his own tools and art materials and made new breakthroughs in abstraction each decade after he arrived in New York in 1960. This short documentary offers a rare glimpse into Whitten’s groundbreaking techniques and creative process. We visit Whitten’s studio in New York, a former firehouse turned “laboratory for acrylic paint,” which remains largely untouched...
Meet the sculptor with a green thumb | Jerry the Marble FaunJerry Torre has lived in Sunnyside, Queens for 25 years. When he moved in, this urban garden was weeds and concrete. He slowly transformed it into a verdant respite—and it wasn’t his first time! You may know Jerry as the gardener of Grey Gardens, where he earned his nickname: Jerry the Marble Faun. In addition to his excellence as a gardener, Jerry carves sculptures from stone sourced from demolition sites around New York. H...
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