Pierre Huyghe: A Journey That Wasn't

A Central Park musical based on an adventure in Antarctica
EVENT AND FILM SHOOT FOR 2006 BIENNIAL PRESENTATION
AT WOLLMAN RINK ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2005
6:30PM ? 9PM
On the evening of October 14th, 2005, one small spot in the heart of Manhattan will be
temporarily transformed into a striking glacial landscape, becoming the site of a film shoot by
internationally renowned artist Pierre Huyghe. Public Art Fund is pleased to present A Journey
That Wasn?t, an orchestral musical presentation in Central Park based on the artist?s recent
journey to Antarctica. The event, organized in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of
American Art, will become part of a new film by Pierre Huyghe that will premiere in the 2006
Biennial Exhibition. This collaboration will be the fourth time that the Whitney Museum has
invited the Public Art Fund to organize an offsite component for the Biennial. A Journey That
Wasn?t is curated by Tom Eccles, former director of Public Art Fund, in collaboration with 2006
Biennial Exhibition curators Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne.
A Journey That Wasn?t, the working title for this project, will ultimately take place in three
moments in time: the artist?s actual journey to the Antarctic in February 2005; the Central Park
musical based on that journey, which will be presented and filmed at dusk on October 14 in the
Wollman Rink; and the film made using footage shot on those two occasions.

more info at:
http://www.publicartfund.org/pafweb/projects/05/huyghe/huyghe-05.html