What:   Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers
When:  January 16–February 12, 2007, 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Where: On the exterior of MoMA (see "Visitor Information" below for details)
Cost:  FREE

NEW YORK, January 16, 2007—The Museum of Modern Art and the New York–based public art
organization Creative Time present Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers, a major public artwork comprising
eight large-scale moving images that will be projected onto the exterior of MoMA, enlivening the
building’s architecture with the nocturnal journeys of five characters representing city dwellers—a
bicycle messenger, an electrician, a postal worker, a businessman, and an office worker.
Conceived by Doug Aitken (American, b. 1968) specifically for the Museum’s broad expanses of
glass, steel, and granite, sleepwalkers was inspired by the densely built environment of midtown
Manhattan and portrays the metropolis as a living organism fueled by the desires, energies, and
ambitions of its inhabitants. Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers will be exhibited each evening from
January 16 through February 12, 2007, from 5:00 until 10:00 p.m. and will be viewable from
various vantage points around the Museum and in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden.
The Sculpture Garden will be open to the public free of charge during the month of the
projections.

Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers will be viewable from West 53 Street, between Fifth and Sixth
avenues; West 54 Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues; from an open lot adjacent to the
American Folk Art Museum that can be entered from either West 53 Street or West 54 Street;
and in MoMA’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, whose gates on West 54 Street will
be open to the public from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. each evening for the duration of the project.
The last entrance to the Garden is at 9:45 p.m.

Images will be projected on 53 Street above the Museum entrance, the open space between 53
and 54 streets, and the Sculpture Garden. A map can be found on www.moma.org. There is no
seating in the Sculpture Garden and portable seating is not allowed. Food, beverages, and
smoking are not permitted in the Sculpture Garden. Museum staff will be on hand to assist
viewers and answer questions. Last entrance to the Sculpture Garden viewing area will be at 9:45
p.m. and the projections will stop at 10:00 p.m.

Sleepwalkers will be projected in all weather conditions. The Museum’s galleries, main lobby, and
restrooms will be closed. The exhibition is fully accessible to wheelchairs and strollers.
Target Free Friday Nights, which offers free admission every Friday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. will
continue throughout sleepwalkers. However, there will be no access to the Sculpture Garden from
the Museum building during this time.

MoMA AUDIO
Viewers can access audio commentary by the curators of Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers by calling
408-794-0886 throughout the run of the exhibition. The audio will also be available for listening
and downloading on www.moma.org/audio and on the MoMA Audio podcast on iTunes.

Thanks to Gothamist for the tip.