Max Neuhaus

1976
'Rooms' 1976,

Sound Work reference: Rooms, P.S.1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York City,
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 11 meters; 11 x 15 x 11 meters. Extant: June 9–26, 1976


Inaugural 1976 show, Rooms, which has since become a landmark in the art history of 1970s New York. The artists used classrooms, stairwells, windows, closets, bathrooms, the boiler room, courtyard, and attic—often engaging directly with the existing architecture. Rooms catalyzed changes in the forms and methods of making art, and expanded ideas about how it could be shown.

From web: Alanna Heiss on Sound, Space, and the City, 2011