Phoenix, Part !I

And now for the second part of my two part series on Phoenix. This section will focus on the (few and far between) interesting things in Phoenix.

Picture time!



In the cheesy tourist trap known as Scottsdale there was lots of this crap. I found this one particularly funny.



And this wasn't bad either.



Then there was the one redeeming feature in Scottsdale, and possibly all of Arizona, this amazing Mexican restaurant with crazy architecture and interior design. And the best Mexican food I've ever had in my entire life. Why doesn't NYC have anything like this?



This was our booth at the conference. Where I spent 12 unfortunate hours.



And then there was the Pheonoix Art Museum, perhaps the one redeeming feature of Phoenix. Unfortunately I didn't write down any of the names of the artists, but they did have some cool stuff, like this sculpture (note some of the only grass in the entire state).



I just liked how odd this is.



And this is even odder. It was a video and it talked in this creepy voice.

But the coolest thing at the Phoenix Art Museum was the exhibit called Fireflys by Yayoi Kusama. It's a black room with mirrored floors, walls, and ceiling and then there are all of these strands of LED lights that change colors and blink. So you're totally disoriented, you have to hold on to the wall to walk through, but it's about the coolest thing ever. The first time we went through we were with a whole bunch of people who talked the whole time, but then we went back, just the two of us, and walked into the middle of the room and stood there quietly and it was amazing. It was like staring off into the abyss. Apparently the installation is owned by the Whitney, you can see a pretty pathetic preview of it here. But be assured it does not compare AT ALL to actually being there. Anyway Kusama is represented by the Gagosian Gallery and there is currently a dual exhibition happening in NY and LA.