New Museum Seeks Sleepyheads
New Yorkers aren't too afraid of sleeping in public, but artist Chu Yun is still trying to find some willing to do it as part of his upcoming installation at the New Museum. The NY Post reports that Yun is "seeking women between the ages of 18 and 40 to sleep in a bed - a different participant every day" where he plans to create "a human sculpture by inducing sleep." 100 women are needed, and will be paid $10 an hour—which the paper points out "will pay the cost of a visit to the person's doctor as well as 'a prescription for a sleeping aid'." A rep for the museum said participants can wear whatever they are comfortable with, and "[The sleeper] arrives a little earlier than the museum's opening hours. She lays in bed and falls asleep, and we hope she stays asleep for roughly the six hours of our opening." The full job posting can be found here. And to think, some suckers had to pay to sleep in a museum.
