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A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
Jan. 12, 2011
The Museum of the Moving Image (founded in 1988) unveils its $67-million, 97,700-square-foot renovation and expansion designed by Lesser Architecture -- including three floors of galleries and four theaters -- at 35th Avenue at 37th Street in Astoria, Queens, on Jan. 15, 2011.
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The Museum of the Moving Image
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Chiho Aooshima, City Glow (detail), 2005, installed as a mural-scaled panorama on the lobby wall at the Museum of the Moving Image
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The Museum of the Moving Image video screening ampitheater, with Martha Colburn’s Dolls vs. Dictators (2011), commissioned by the museum
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Jim Isermann, TV Lounge, 1988, commissioned by the Museum of the Moving Image
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Red Grooms, Tut’s Fever, 1986-88, showing the refurbished seat cover from the working movie theater, the largest permanent Grooms installations in the city, at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Groucho Marx as an Egyptian tomb painting, in Red Grooms, Tut’s Fever, 1986-88, at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Dolls from the Shari Lewis Show (1960-63) -- Charley Horse, Lamb Chop and Hush Puppy -- in the "Selling the Product" section of "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
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Part of the movie magazine display in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
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Plushie Spock and Captain Kirk dolls from the extensive Star Trek exhibit in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
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Costumes, including Robin Williams’ Mork outfit from Mork & Mindy (1978-82) and Richard Gere’s Billy Flynn costume in Chicago (2002), in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
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Prosthetic legs from Black Swan (2010), worn by Winona Ryder as Beth Macintyre, in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
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Jim Carrey, before and after, in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
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The entrance to "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image, with a wall of glamour photos of movie stars from the museum’s extensive collection (some 30,000 photos)
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Cao Fei’s interactive RMB City Tour, in "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Pablo Valbuena, Augmented Sculpture, 2007, a changing video projection onto a sculptural object, commissioned for "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Pablo Valbuena, Augmented Sculpture, 2007, a changing video projection onto a sculptural object, commissioned for "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Workspace Unlimited (Thomas Soetens and Kora Van den Bulcke), RealTime UnReal, 2011, a 3D immersive installation commissioned for "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Cameras at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Televisions at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Linda Blair as a mechanical puppet, from The Exorcist (1973), in the Museum of the Moving Image
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"Oh, George, you’re silly" -- George Burns and Gracie Allen in an early routine, at the Museum of the Moving Image
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Café seating at the Museum of the Moving Image
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