Hyperallergic – In the Park Avenue Armory’s latest commission, a collaboration between artist Ai Weiwei and architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, you can enjoy the experience of being watched. Hansel & Gretel begins in the massive Drill Hall, where drones buzz overhead and the space is nearly pitch black, but for gridded rectangles of light on the floor and periodic flashes. These are the infrared cameras photographing and tracking you, leaving your image imprinted on the ground — sort of the opposite of casting a shadow. – read more
