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PS1 Contemporary Art Center Trivia Quiz

This museum is one of the foremost showcases for contemporary art in the United States. Here is a quiz on this unique facility. Hope you enjoy. Thanks.

A multiple-choice quiz by neon000. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
neon000

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
266,345

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what year did the PS1 center open? Hint

1975

1976

1978

1974

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Question 2 of 10

2. PS1 is affiliated with what other landmark New York museum? Hint

The Museum of Natural History

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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Question 3 of 10

3. What annual competition allows winners to design a structure in the courtyard in front of PS1? Hint

The Young Engineers' Program

The Young Artists' Program

The Young Architects' Program

The Young Students' Program

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Question 4 of 10

4. What concert series began in 1997 and is held in the courtyard of PS1 every summer? Hint

Heat Up

Warm Up

Stand Up

Twist Up

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Manhattan facility owned by PS1 opened in 1973 as a display space, and in the 2000s, became the home of PS1's radio station, WPS1? Hint

The Studio Museum in Harlem

The New Museum of Contemporary Art

The Clocktower Gallery

The Neue Galerie

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Question 6 of 10

6. What artist created a controversial piece, showcased at PS1 in 2002, in which a room was filled with mist created from water used in a morgue? Hint

Santiago Sierra

Minerva Cueva

Eduardo Abaroa

Teresa Margolles

7. What artist, whose work appeared in a 2003 exhibition at PS1, created a structure in which viewers could sit in a box, hit a lever with a hammer, and cause themselves to drop into a lower chamber? Hint

Yuriko Yamamoto

Fumimasa Hosokawa

Satori Tamura

Mika Funaki

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Question 8 of 10

8. Artists from what two countries were featured in the 2004-2005 PS1 exhibition, "Picnic on the Ocean"? Hint

Japan and China

Korea and Japan

China and Tibet

Cambodia and Vietnam

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Question 9 of 10

9. What French actress was profiled in a 2005 PS1 exhibition, "Woman of Many Faces"? Hint

Edith Piaf

Emmanuelle Beart

Catherine Deneuve

Isabelle Huppert

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Question 10 of 10

10. What artist's piece "High Plane V," which opened at PS1 in October, 2006, invited viewers to stick their heads in holes in a platform so that they could see the top of the set-- a model of an ice field? Hint

Charlotta Sverrisdottir

Gunnar Magnusson

Johann Johannsson

Katrin Sigurdardottir

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year did the PS1 center open?

Answer: 1976

The museum is located in Long Island City, Queens, New York. The founder was Alana Heiss. It got its name because it was located in a building that was once the first public school in Long Island City.

2. PS1 is affiliated with what other landmark New York museum?

Answer: The Museum of Modern Art

The association began in 2000. At the time, admission to the Museum of Modern Art was good for free admission to PS1.

3. What annual competition allows winners to design a structure in the courtyard in front of PS1?

Answer: The Young Architects' Program

Contestants submit design proposals. The winning plans are built in the sprawling yard in front of the PS1 building. There are side rooms in the space, which allow for further display of individual art pieces.

4. What concert series began in 1997 and is held in the courtyard of PS1 every summer?

Answer: Warm Up

The festival attracts thousands of fans, and a stellar array of performers. Fischerspooner, Afrika Bambaataa, Richie Hawtin, and many more of the biggest names in alternative, electronic and hip-hop have played at the acclaimed concert series.

5. What Manhattan facility owned by PS1 opened in 1973 as a display space, and in the 2000s, became the home of PS1's radio station, WPS1?

Answer: The Clocktower Gallery

The radio station broadcasts music and programs on art. Its website offers an extensive archive.

6. What artist created a controversial piece, showcased at PS1 in 2002, in which a room was filled with mist created from water used in a morgue?

Answer: Teresa Margolles

The piece was entitled "Vaporization." The water was taken from a facility in Mexico City.

Answer: Yuriko Yamamoto

The upper box was made of clear plastic. The lower chamber was made of black panels. Cameras enabled people in the gallery to watch the progress of each entrant.

8. Artists from what two countries were featured in the 2004-2005 PS1 exhibition, "Picnic on the Ocean"?

Answer: Korea and Japan

The show was billed as an attempt to eliminate "cultural barriers" between the two countries. Artists Seung Young Kim and Hironori Murai had set out in boats toward the waterline of the "border" in the strait between Japan and South Korea. When they met, they kept their boats on opposite sides of the divide, and held an actual picnic. The PS1 show presented documentation of this event.

9. What French actress was profiled in a 2005 PS1 exhibition, "Woman of Many Faces"?

Answer: Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert was born in Paris in 1953. She attended the Conservatory of Versailles.

Answer: Katrin Sigurdardottir

The platform had room for two people to insert their heads at the same time. They could do so via holes at opposite ends of the plane.

Source: Author neon000

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