Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening

Este septiembre, a lo largo de tres semanas, un tren viaja de Nueva York a San Francisco haciendo nueve paradas. Pero no estamos hablando de un trayecto regular, sino del último proyecto del artista multimedia Doug Aitken: Station to Station, posible gracias al apoyo de Levi’s.

El tren, diseñado como “una escultura de luz en movimiento”, ofrece una experiencia de contenido cultural con el claro objetivo de apoyar el arte no tradicional. En sus vagones y paradas Station to Station ha convocado a una apabullante lista de figuras del mundo del arte, la música, la gastronomía, la literatura y el cine que participan con intervenciones y happenings. El lema: todo es posible.

Tripulantes de esta aventura mágica son Patti Smith, Lawrence Weiner, Urs Fischer, James Turrell, Beck, sólo por nombrar a aquellos más conocidos. En su página web, y a modo de diario, se van subiendo pequeños clips que documentan esta interesante aventura. Para que os hagáis una idea de la dimensión épica de esta experiencia os dejamos con tres vídeos. Pero si tienes ganas de viajar y de soñar, vale la pena pasar un rato de estación en estación en su página web.

This September, along three weeks, a train is travelling from New York to San Francisco making nine stops. But we are not talking about a standard route, but multimedia artist Doug Aitken’s last project: Station to Station, that has been possible thanks to Levi’s.

The train, “designed as a moving, kinetic light sculpture”, broadcast an unique experience of cultural content with the intention to support the non-traditional arts. In its coaches and stops, Station to Station has brought together an overwhelming list of leading figures from the work of art, music, food, literature and film for interventions and site-specific happenings. The claim: everything is possible.

Artists like Patti Smith, Lawrence Weiner, Urs Fischer, James Turrell or Beck are some of the members of this exquisite cabine crew. In the project website, they have been documenting this amazing adventure in short films. We share here three of them just to show you the epic dimension of that experience. But if you are a dreamer and you love the underground culture, we strongly recommend you to visit the website.

This September, along three weeks, a train is travelling from New York to San Francisco making nine stops. But we are not talking about a standard route, but multimedia artist Doug Aitken’s last project: Station to Station, that has been possible thanks to Levi’s.

The train, “designed as a moving, kinetic light sculpture”, broadcast an unique experience of cultural content with the intention to support the non-traditional arts. In its coaches and stops, Station to Station has brought together an overwhelming list of leading figures from the work of art, music, food, literature and film for interventions and site-specific happenings. The claim: everything is possible.

Artists like Patti Smith, Lawrence Weiner, Urs Fischer, James Turrell or Beck are some of the members of this exquisite cabine crew. In the project website, they have been documenting this amazing adventure in short films. We share here three of them just to show you the epic dimension of that experience. But if you are a dreamer and you love the underground culture, we strongly recommend you to visit the website.