Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary is currently on view at MOCA Pacific Design Center. The show was originally organized by The Drawing Center (one of my absolute favorite places in New York City; I go at least twice a month) and was co-curated by Sharon Kanach and Carey Lovelace. I've been reading a lot about John Cage and Iannis Xenakis' innovations recently and their relationship with music composition and architecture. Xenakis also worked alongside the revolutionary modern pioneer Le Corbusier among many others in his thriving career.
The exhibition includes original works on paper, conceptual renderings, listening stations, rarely seen musical scores and samplings of innovative graphic design and notation. Show runs through February 4, 2011 and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Ivan Hewitt (!!), Carey Lovelace and Sharon Kanach. If you didn't see it in New York do so in Los Angeles. It's really something else.
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