Guggenheim Hotel Guest Says it was a "Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience"
October 31, 2008 at 4:09 PM |
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You may recall our story last week about the Guggenheim Museum's Carsten Höller installation that lets lucky folks spend a night in the museum's Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda in a revolving hotel room. Well, those folks lucky enough to be able to score a reservation (all of which are, sadly, gone now) and who are willing to part with 549+ bucks, anyway.
Like we said, the hotel room, created through a partnership with the Waldorf=Astoria Collection, works like this:
Revolving Hotel Room is an art installation comprising three outfitted, superimposed turning glass discs mounted onto a fourth disc that all turn harmoniously at a very slow speed. During the day the hotel room will be on view as part of the Guggenheim's theanyspacewhatever exhibition, which runs from October 24, 2008-January 7, 2009. At night, the art installation becomes an operative hotel room outfitted with luxury amenities.
Gothamist spoke with Alaina Browne of Serious Eats, who recently spent an evening in the revolving hotel room with her hubby.
The verdict? "Definitely worth the price tag."
From Gothamist:
A security guard was stationed one level beneath the hotel room all night, and when the couple wanted to go to the restroom or just wander the rotunda, he was required to act as their escort. Browne said it was hard falling asleep because some the installations are "pretty noisy" and stay on during the night, but a guard turned one of them off at their request. Security also turned the museum lights off at their bidding, which must have felt empowering.
The major drawbacks, though (besides the security guard having to escort them wherever they went): the room was not enclosed -- "it's actually just out there in the rotunda." Also, the shower is all the way up on the 7th floor in the museum director's office.
Check out a video of Alaina's experience at the museum hotel and a full rundown of her experience at Gothamist.
[Photo: Alaina Browne via Gothamist]
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