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Orbit, 7, Lehmann Maupin, New York, 2010, photograph by Kevin Ryan

Orbit, 2,Collectors Home, Los Angeles, 2009, photograph by Jennifer Steinkamp

Artist:  Jennifer Steinkamp
Title: Orbit
Date:  2008 - 2011
Dimensions:   This piece can be installed as a large scale projection with one or more projectors, or played on a flat screen monitor.
Photo Credit:  Kevin Ryan and Robert Wedemeyer, Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York, ACME, Los Angeles

Exhibition History: 

Orbit, 3, ACME, Los Angeles, 2009, photograph by Robert Wedemeyer
  1. Gala in the Garden, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, October 10, 2009, exhibited 2, 3, 4, 5.
  2. ACME, Los Angeles, California, October 17 - November 14, 2009, exhibited 2, 3, 4, 5.
  3. Anniversary Show, ACME, Los Angeles, California, November 21 - December 19, 2009, exhibited 4.
  4. CUE: Artist's Video, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, curated by  Christopher Eamon, January 23 - March 21, 2010, exhibited 2.
  5. ARCO, Madrid Spain, special project with Soledad Lorenzo, February 17 - 21, 2010, exhibited 4.
  6. The Armory Show, 2010, Lehmann Maupin, New York, March 4 - 7, 2010, exhibited 2.
  7. W Hotel, New York, New York, September 8 - September 13, 2010.
  8. Lehmann Maupin, New York, September 10 - October 23, 2010, exhibited 7.
  9. Frieze Art fair, London, England, Lehmann Maupin, New York October 14-17, 2010, exhibited 5,7.
  10. Five in Istanbul, Borusan Müzik Evi, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Isabella Icoz, October 27, 2010 - November 20, 2010, exhibited 9.
  11. The Artist's Museum, MoCA, Los Angeles, California, curated by Rebecca Morse, October 31 - January 31, 2011, exhibited 7.
  12. Pause, The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 5, 2010 - February 28, 2011, exhibited 7.
  13. John Zorn/Schoenberg/Morton Feldman Monodramas, March 25 - April 8, 2011, New York City Opera, New York, exhibited 2.
  14. Gala in the Garden, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, October 24, 2011, exhibited 2.
  15. Art | Basel | Miami Beach, Video Program, New World Center, Miami, Florida, November 30 - December 3, 2011, exhibited 11.

Part of the collections:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, Orbit 11.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Orbit 3
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Orbit 2

Description:
Orbit is is the depiction of the celestial mechanics of a planet spinning through its year. Various trees with their leaves and flowers are blown by turbulent winds conveying the passage of time. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter form the year.

Quicktime Movie Documentation
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Orbit, 5, ACME, Los Angeles, 2009, photograph by Robert Wedemeyer

Orbit, 2, New York City Opera, 2011, photograph by John Houck

Orbit, 7, W Hotel, New York, 2010, photograph by Kevin Ryan