One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This—a title aptly burrowed from a New York Dolls album—marked the 33rd anniversary of Creative Time. The project consisted of 33 plaques commemorating historical New York art projects, events, and places, which were chosen by a range of notable artists and writers and thus granted the legacy and prestige that only a public plaque can provide.
The sites—which included Gordon Matta-Clark’s FOOD restaurant, Manhattan’s former beach, and Max’s Kansas City, among others—were also prescribed a telephone number that, when dialed, offered a personal audio recording by the individual who chose it for incorporation in the project. As such, listeners were invited to imagine what it would have been like to be a part of these various events and moments in New York’s art history.
Photograph by Charlie Samuels
Multiple Artists
One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Multiple Locations
2007
