Samantha Irby Gets High on Light

A Piece of Work

MoMA, WNYC Studios

Education, Visual Arts, Self-improvement, Arts, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Abbi brings her friend the hilarious essayist Samantha Irby to MoMA PS1 to see one of the trippiest works they’ve ever experienced: “Meeting” by James Turrell. Turrell’s work is immersive, mind-blowing, deeply moving -- and made entirely of light. Turns out, light can really mess with your eyes! And that’s what artists like Turrell and Dan Flavin, are all about. Also featuring: Peter Eleey and Flavin Judd View the artwork from this episode at wnyc.org/light --- About the podcast: From WNYC Studios and MoMA, A Piece of Work is everything you want to know about modern and contemporary art but were afraid to ask. Hosted by "Broad City"’s Abbi Jacobson, this 10-episode series explores everything from Pop art to performance in lively conversations with curators, artists, and Abbi’s friends, including Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson, RuPaul, and Questlove. Produced by WNYC Studios. www.wnycstudios.org

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Abby. I want to show you something, but I know, I know. It's a podcast so I can't actually
0:06.2	show you. So instead, I want you to imagine something in your head. So close your eyes. If you're driving, do not close your eyes. So close your eyes.
0:12.9	If you're driving, do not close your eyes.
0:15.9	Save this one maybe for later.
0:18.2	But everyone else, I want you to close your eyes and imagine a single color, like pink.
0:25.0	Imagine that a light, beautiful pink is all that you can see.
0:30.0	There are no people there, no objects, just the color pink filling everything.
0:38.4	Now, over on the far left, are your eyes still closed?
0:42.4	Okay, good.
0:43.0	If you're driving again, please do not close your eyes.
0:46.0	On the far left, I want you to imagine the color yellow,
0:50.0	a bright totally yellow yellow, and it's starting to fill up the whole left side and it's
0:56.0	pushing against the pink and there's a brilliant beautiful light orange where the
1:01.6	two colors come together.
1:05.0	Now you have yellow and orange and pink and just there over on the right purple,
1:10.0	a deep rich purple and it's starting to push its own way in. The colors are blending and mixing
1:17.1	and making all kinds of different shades. The way single notes combine and mix and
1:22.2	make chords and music and songs and light in just this way. And today I'm going to take you to two of the best places
1:44.1	to experience it.
1:45.9	I'm Abby Jacobson, and this is a piece of work.
1:51.9	In this episode, we're going to be talking about artists who didn't just use light in their work.
1:56.0	Their work is made of life.
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