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Guggenheim Installation Coming To Therapize All You Neurotic New Yorkers
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Jamie Feldmar
Published May 25, 2011
Modified May 26, 2011
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Do you ever feel like your therapist just doesn't do enough for you these days? Wish they could get a little more...experimental with your treatment? Well, does the Guggenheim have something for you!
As part of the museum's new stillspotting nyc series, artist Pedro Reyes is setting up an interactive installation called "Sanitorium" in downtown Brooklyn, where him and a team of "therapists" will be doling out "urban therapies" like "Philosophical Casino" and "The Museum of Hypothetical Lifetimes." The sixteen different treatments draw from Gestalt psychology, theater warm-up exercises, Fluxus events, conflict resolution techniques, trust-building games, corporate coaching, psychodrama, and hypnosis. "To some it may be a serious two hours, while others may take it more lightheartedly. In all cases we hope that people experience some sort of a break with the rapid pace of the city," explains curator David van der Leer.
Upon arrival, participants will meet with a receptionist who, after a brief conversation, assigns a series of therapies to each specific visitor. The event, which is the first in a two-year series put on by the Guggenheim in various locations across all five boroughs, will run at 1 Metrotech Center from June 2-5 and 9-12; advance tickets are required ($10-15).
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