The Sleepwalkers Box
by Doug Aitken
ISBN 9781568988719
During the past decade, Los Angeles-based artist Doug Aitken has created innovative video art by fracturing the narrative structures of his films across multi-screen environments. In the spring of 2007, Doug Aitken: Sleepwalkers premiered as a monumental outdoor video projection onto seven facades of the Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan. The silent story, told with exquisite imagery, chronicles the lives of five characters as they move through New York City. Sleepwalkers features a diverse cast of actors, including Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton as an office worker; Donald Sutherland as a businessman; musician Chan Marshall (known by the stage name Cat Power) as a postal worker; New York City street drummer Ryan Donowho as a bike messenger; and musician and actor Seu Jorge as an electrician.
The Sleepwalkers Box is Doug Aitken's groundbreaking multi-screen film reimagined as a tactile multimedia experience. By placing the story fragments, characters, and imagery from Sleepwalkers directly into the hands of his audience, Aitken creates an exciting new interactive work made of compelling material that can be combined, juxtaposed, and experienced in any order. The Sleepwalkers box is an experimental collaboration between artist Doug Aitken, Princeton Architectural Press, and DFA Records. In the spirit of multimedia editions of the past such as Andy Warhol's Index and the mid sixties journal Aspen, The Sleepwalkers box is designed to encourage audiences to create their own multisensory experiences as they explore a kaleidoscopic universe of printed images, motion pictures, and audio recordings drawn from Doug Aitken's groundbreaking 2007 Museum of Modern Art public film installation.
This artist's box is a limited edition of 1000 copies An authentication card signed by Doug Aitken indicating the edition number is included along with:
- A one-hundred-page visual diary of the making of the film that includes sketches, production photos, film stills, script fragments, and collections of found inspirational images.
- A 12" clear vinyl picture disc with specially designed optical artwork that comes to life when spinning at 33 rpm. The musical performances on this record were recorded during a "happening" staged at MoMA to celebrate the original opening of Sleepwalkers.
- A double-sided poster that unfolds to four times the size of the box.
- Two flipbooks that contain motion sequences excerpted from the film and images of the film's screening in the context of the museum facade.
- A CD containing Doug Aitken's soundtrack for Sleepwalkers, including tracks by Broadcast, Bibio, Steve Roden, and Tim Hecker
- A DVD that captures the viewer's experience of Sleepwalkers in a street level walk-through.
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