Hórama Rama is a large-scale cyclorama featuring a panoramic image of the jungle on scaffolding that sits atop the
courtyard of MoMA PS1 and catapults visitors into a wild, foreign territory. The nearly 40-foot-tall, 90-foot-wide structure hovers over the courtyard space, reframing the horizon and positioning visitors in an urban jungle.
The presence of this large circular structure reconfigures the courtyard into an immersive environment that visitors can move in and out of, contrasting with the cityscape immediately adjacent to the Museum. Amplifying the experience, the installation, designed by
Pedro&Juana, features hammocks crafted in the south of Mexico along with a functioning waterfall. The exterior of the structure features protruding wood “bristles” that create a dynamic sense of movement.
“For the 20th anniversary of the Young Architects Program, each of the five finalists designed potential—of surface, of movement, of space, of structure—as narratives that both reveal and conceal. Pedro & Juana's world-within-a-world, Hórama Rama, is a manifold of views in which to see and be seen, to find and lose oneself in a radically different environment. The installation constructs a collection of scenes into which visitors may escape, even if for a moment, whether in a hammock or by the waterfall.”
Sean Anderson, Associate Curator in MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design.
"Finding inspiration in historical panoramas, Pedro & Juana have designed a structure that will allow visitors to immerse themselves in a fantastical wilderness, a visual refuge from the city. By juxtaposing two landscapes in transition—the jungle and the Long Island City skyline—they draw attention to the evolving conditions of our environment, both globally and locally, at a crucial moment.”
Peter Eleey MoMA PS1 Chief Curator.
The other finalists for this year’s MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program were Low Design Office (DK Osseo-Asare and Ryan Bollom), Oana Stănescu and Akane Moriyama, Matter Design (Brandon Clifford, Johanna Lobell, and Wes McGee), and TO (Jose G. Amozurrutia and Carlos Facio). An exhibition featuring the finalists' proposals as well as past Young Architects Program winners on the occasion of the 20th anniversary will be on view at MoMA PS1 from June 28 through September 2, organized by Sean Anderson, Associate Curator, with Arièle Dionne-Krosnick, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art.
Bloomberg Philanthropies has enabled the Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art to thrive since 2007.
Major sponsor, Allianz, MoMA's partner for design and innovation.
