Imagine yourself on the top floor of the spiraling Guggenheim museum, rotating in a bed as you look up at a twinkling sky affixed to the ceiling, listening to clips of censored movies playing a floor below at the free coffee bar.
That’s what you can expect from theanyspacewhatever group exhibition show that opened at the Guggenheim last week.
To be fair, the only way to get into the bed is if you snagged one of reservations which allows one couple per night to stay overnight in the “Guggenheim hotel” and have free run of the exhibition.
Unfortunately the whole run of the hotel is already booked up for the 50 available nights, Betsy Ennis, the museum’s director of media told NewYorkology.
Chloe Sevigny was the first guest on Saturday night — and Anil Dash reported via Twitter last night that his wife had surprised him with a booking for their anniversary.
“Revolving Hotel Room” is designed by Carsten Holler and features not just the bed, but also a table and dresser.
One floor below, you’ll find beanbags (no reservations necessary) where you can have a seat in the “Cinema Liberte” to watch clips from censored movies. Next door, illy coffee will bring the “bar” to life, giving away 5 ounce cups of its illy iperEspresso to upwards of 1,000 people a day, an illy spokeswoman told NewYorkology.
The exhibition will remain on view at the Guggenheim through January 7.
Also worth noting, the iron-on transfers books, which were free the opening days of the exhibition, are now on sale in the gift shop for $10, a spokeswoman told NewYorkology today.
Picture and video credits: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology
