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Meet The Artist—Alex Da Corte on As Long as the Sun Lasts

Da Corte shares the inspiration and making of his 2021 Roof Garden Commission, As Long as the Sun Lasts.

Join curator Shanay Jhaveri in conversation with artist Alex Da Corte about his installation for The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, As Long as the Sun Lasts.

Credits:

All artworks by Alex Da Corte © Alex Da Corte, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, N.Y., and Sadie Coles HQ, London

Alexander Calder artwork: © 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

De Corte Studio footage courtesy All Ages Productions

Images courtesy of:

Alex Da Corte
Art Resource, NY
Little Tikes
Warner Bros/Photofest
Harcourt Books
Universal Music Group

Prosthetic Makeup Design: Izzi Galdino

Prosthetic Makeup Artist and Costume Design: Emily Schubert

Director: Kate Farrell
Producer: Melissa Bell
Editor: Stephanie Wuertz
Director of Photography: Jeffrey Johnson
Additional Cameras: Alex Guns, Brad Wickham
Gaffer: Vadim Aynbinder
Production Coordinator: Bryan Martin
Time Lapse: Xue Chen
Sound Engineer: David Raymond
Music: Austin Fisher


Contributors

Alex Da Corte
Artist
Shanay Jhaveri
Assistant Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art

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