Gothamist: Terminal Five Terminated For Now

Rachel

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:21:43 -0500

Hi. This message is from Rachel...just to respond to the last two messages, I have curated several exhibitions, not just one, and I worked as a curator at Swiss Institute for Contemporary Art. Our security company for the evening is currently being indicted for hiring ex cons and bribing the Port Authority. The project was intended to open the otherwise closed landmark and those in attendance, including all contractors and sponsors, each share a part in the result.

2cool4school

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:03:15 -0500

i was there too, at the V fiasco. rachel is creepy, never mind grossly inexperienced it seems. some of the art rocked - grinnell, sachs, wong, etc.. but there were tons of people smoking, spilling drinks and generally causing mayhem . . . with no security guards in sight. i saw miss ward hanging around jeffrey deitch, why would anyone legit not see through the hype???

2cool2school

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:02:02 -0500

i was there too, at the V fiasco. rachel is creepy, never mind grossly inexperienced it seems. some of the art rocked - grinnell, sachs, wong, etc.. but there were tons of people smoking, spilling drinks and generally causing mayhem . . . with no security guards in sight. i saw her hanging around jeffrey deitch, why would anyone legit not see through the hype???

buster

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:57:31 -0500

rachel k. ward got what she deserved - for treating the terminal 5 exhibition like her 'coming out' party. did anyone bother to read her resume, ah, she curated one show in an ice cave somewhere overseas . . . yikes. she just couldn't say no to the 'cool kids', as she's so desperate to be one given her lack of professionalism and oversight on the security issue. i saw it all, at all three pre/opening events, ho hum.

ert97

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:56:29 -0500

Brian -- I totally agree. It is one thing to do ART-TASTIC (as Gawker put it)things at a loft or warehouse etc... but it is another thing to trash a landmark building and drunkenly mess with the TSA by running on to a secure runway. It is well known that the department of Homeland Security LOVES when you that. Not sure when idiodic behavior became artist expression. HStencil - It must be part of the Mormon Media Elite Conspiracy right?

BrianVan

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:32:58 -0500

I think it's really unfair for Charlie at MUG to comment about the PA in the way that he did. Is this not a warranted move, considering they turned a landmark building into a frat house? That art was destroyed/stolen, on-premises liquor was stolen, people were vomiting, and graffiti marks the walls? He's pandering to the hipsters - calling it another "unpopular" move by the PA, and alluding that they have a history of unpopular decisions. Sorry, I'm unconvinced, and I think it's a tasteless, undeserved swipe at a government agency. Who peed in his Cheerios today?

Joe Schumacher

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:35:00 -0500

Not sure I follow the Mormon = censorship argument since it was the PA that closed the exhibit down in the name of inadequate security.

hstencil

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:01:14 -0500

JetBlue's CEO is a Mormon, so no surprise on the censorship.

tien

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:20:03 -0500

i too hope it will be open, but as of now, it's not...so i'm making other plans.

plemeljr

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:58:56 -0500

tien, I just spoke to someone at OHny and they are hoping it will be on the list, but apparently communication breakdown is happening.

tien

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:44:44 -0500

actually, no, it's not open this weekend. i called and they said that they are trying to get it back open, and to check ohny's site or terminal 5's site. but as of now, it's no open.

plemeljr

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:39:48 -0500

This weekend is Open House New York, and Terminal 5 is a site this year. To my knowledge, Terminal 5 is still going to be open this weekend.

Cathy D

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:07:40 -0500

You can still see a part of this show on your computer: download the official Terminal Five screen saver, called Holding Pattern at www.idle-time.org.

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:17:09 -0500

thats a real shame, I was looking forward to checking it out.

u

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:16:08 -0500

too bad the hipsters and socialites who made it to opening night had to ruin it for the rest of us by smoking inside, making a mess, vandalizing some parts of the terminal, and, in one instance, breaking open a door that leads to the runway.

tien

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:08:08 -0500

i wonder what this means for this weekend's ohny stuff. crap!