COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Experience Music Project (EMP)
Image View:
Detail of the southeast corner, showing panels and sculptural aspects
Creator:
Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Location:
site: Seattle, Washington, United States
Date:
1999-2000 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Postmodern
Work Type 1:
museum
Work Type 2:
concert hall
Classification:
architecture
Material:
steel; shotcrete; metal; aluminum
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); music
Description:
The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, located on the campus of the Seattle Center. It is sited near the Space Needle and is by one of the two stops on the Seattle Center Monorail, which runs through the building. Much of the building material is exposed in the building's interior. The central "Sky Church" room pays homage to Jimi Hendrix and other rock 'n' roll icons using a 40 foot high, 70 foot wide video screen and an 18-panel montage of images. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-GF-EM-E9
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Experience Music Project (EMP)
