Comments on: S/T Survived … Two Hours of Watching Animal Collective Stand Still At Their Creepy Guggenheim Performance With Danny Perez

By: THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Avey Tare of Animal Collective | self-titled magazine :: s/t daily

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:09:12 +0000

[...] still been pretty busy, what with putting ODDSAC out and performing at the Guggenheim… I guess I mean we’ve taken a break from touring. The Guggenheim [...]

By: joydivided

joydivided — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:47:19 +0000

i guess what this all comes down to is: Danny Perez…not a very good artist.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:04:59 +0000

Agree with you Joe. I don’t know where I fall in the hipster vs hedge fund spectrum reflected in the crowd, but I can say I’m a dissapointed AC fan. I wasn’t expecting a show, hoping but not expecting, but I was looking for a greater visual display and more interactive environment. It was an impressive sound display, and it created an interesting space for thought. In the end though, I feel like I spent way too much to people watch. I think the worst part was having the guys reward those who waited it out with not so much as a thank you or explanation. They really should’ve addressed the crowd.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:39:39 +0000

Exactly. I expected different things on different levels. Even something simple such as a piece of art and lights. The ticket handed outside even suggested that by pointing out the bar locations on different levels and encouraging one to start at the top and “work your way down.”

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:32:44 +0000

All good points, Joe. The fact that it wasn’t interactive at all surprised us as well. Honestly, we thought it was just gonna be an art installation that you walked through, where certain movements would trigger different sounds. So yeah—that was disappointing for sure.

Appreciate the well-put response, as opposed to a knee-jerk “that was lame.”

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:27:09 +0000

Well I think the main cause of issue was that it was sort of made out to be this interactive experience. I was not looking for a show or anything “rock-esque,” heck i don’t even dance. However, $30 was excessive for what was delivered. That seemed to be the cause of concern for most. Moving past the amount of cliche American Apparel Columbia/NYU kids in face paint, one couldnt help but be bothered by the pretentious egos on them. Walking around like with this entitlement and pulling the stereotypical “YOU JUST DONT GET IT MAN” attitude. Toss in the amount of acid that was taken and you had a very bad vibe where all were waiting on something that never arrived. The fact that the most exciting thing all evening, and the one that everyone was buzzing about was that Haley Joel Osment was there says a lot. Pretentious is fine. Self indulgent rip off is another thing.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:57:19 +0000

Well, we talked to the sound and lighting engineers there, and they said Danny was controlling the visuals from the top of the rotunda, and the band was in the costumes. Apparently, they spent all day with the engineers figuring out how everything would be triggered. So your buddy is wrong.

By: joydivided

joydivided — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:56:06 +0000

my buddy i talked to was fairly certain the AC guys weren’t even in attendance.

By: 1MM: If There Was Ever Any Doubt That Animal Collective's Our Grateful Dead, The Following Fan Photos Just Proved Us All Wrong | self-titled magazine :: s/t daily

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:58:46 +0000

[...] of the most striking things about last night’s “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” performance had nothing to do with Danny Perez’s depths-of-hell visuals or Animal Collective’s [...]

By: joydivided

joydivided — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:30:51 +0000

sounds boring as fuck. glad i skipped it.