Hasta La Ideas

After nearly a two month delay, Zaha Hadid‘s Burnham pavilion is finally set to be unveiled today here in Chicago. First there was the pause at the beginning, which held back Ben van Berkel‘s temporary structure for a few days until the city’s organizers decided that they had to roll at least one out. Then there was another delay at the start of July when Hadid had to find another contractor to finish the job, making it miss the big July 4th Burnham celebrations. But finally we’re here and we’re on pins and needles just waiting to see it. The Tribune‘s Blair Kamin recommends you go check it out at dawn or dusk because, and here he states the obvious-because-it’s-Hadid-we’re-talking-about: “…[it] will seem, more than ever, like an object that has landed from outer space.” Also, we’re excited about a piece of the pavilion we must have missed in early reports: artist Thomas Gray‘s video projects inside the structure. Here’s a description from Kamin:

As captivating as this inside/outside room promises to be, it really will be animated by Gray’s video installation. It will make your flat screen TV looking boring. The installation consists of two projectors in the pavilion’s back wall and another projector that is hidden in the space between the outer and inner layers of fabric. It’s 11 feet high by 24 feet wide. It should engage park visitors and get them excited about the Burnham Plan without being didactic.

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