If you were to visit this hypothetical "Meeting City," here is the protocol:
But nowhere did their shared vision converge more powerfully than in the hypothetical (or curatorial) space of a richard serra philip glass meeting city
"It’s not just metal," Serra grumbled, his voice low and intense. "It’s a verb. It’s an action. To lift. To lean. To prop. The material doesn't lie. It does exactly what it says it’s going to do." If you were to visit this hypothetical "Meeting
"I have to practice," Glass protested, but he was already walking alongside Serra. To lift
"I see it," Glass said, shifting his grocery bag to his other hip. He was tired. He’d been driving a cab until 3:00 AM. "It’s a piece of metal, Richard."
Richard Serra and Philip Glass’s Meeting City is not a place you visit. It is a you perform.
| | Richard Serra (Space) | Philip Glass (Time) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Core Sensation | Weight, gravity, enclosure | Repetition, trance, flow | | Body Response | Slowed walk, cautious touch | Fixed gaze, rhythmic nodding | | Perceptual Shift | Loss of vertical reference | Loss of chronological time | | The "Meeting" | The steel becomes a frozen chord | The music becomes a moving wall |