Commemorating the exhibition ‘Futura Akari’ (November 11, 2020-April 25, 2021) at The Noguchi Museum, artist FUTURA2000 joins Dakin Hart, Senior Curator, for an informal conversation and walkthrough of the installation.
‘Futura Akari’ presents a group of Akari light sculptures designed by Isamu Noguchi from 1952-86 and hand painted by FUTURA2000 in 2020. It also includes two cosmic paintings by Futura in aerosol on canvas, one of which, ‘El Diablo,’ is a classic work from 1985.
noguchi.org/futura-akari
CREDITS
Filmed on location at The Noguchi Museum, New York
Produced by Ager Meillier Films Inc.
Directed & Edited by Alex Meillier
Director of Photography: Shane Sigler
Assistant Camera: Emily O’Leary
Sound Recordist: Turner Curran
Production Assistant: Ryan Levitt
Additional photography: ShiLei Wang; Nicholas Knight; The Noguchi Museum Archives;
Courtesy of Archives Steph Simon, Galerie Downtown-François Laffanour, Paris; and Eric Firestone Gallery, New York
Special thanks to FUTURA2000, KAWS, and ICNCLST
Artworks © FUTURA2000 and
© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, NY / ARS