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Encyclopedia > Experience Music Project
View of the EMP from the Seattle Center with the monorail traveling through it.
View of the EMP from the Seattle Center with the monorail traveling through it.
Monorail tracks going through the EMP building.

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 Seattle, Washington's 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. Paul Allen's Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame is located within the EMP building.[1] EMP has provided funding for radio station KEXP in partnership with the University of Washington.[2] EMP was also the site of the demo and concert program for the first international conference on New interfaces for musical expression, NIME-01 and the Pop Conference, an annual gathering of academic, critics, musicians and music buffs. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 350 pixelsFull resolution (3955 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 350 pixelsFull resolution (3955 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ... Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... The monorail tracks with the Space Needle visible in the distance The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated monorail line in Seattle, Washington, that runs one mile along Fifth Avenue from Westlake Center in Downtown to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 342 KB) Photo of the Seattle Center Monorail tracks going through the EMP building and by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Museum sculpture. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 342 KB) Photo of the Seattle Center Monorail tracks going through the EMP building and by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Museum sculpture. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... // Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. ... Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur who formed Microsoft with Bill Gates. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... Space Needle from Downtown Seattle. ... The monorail tracks with the Space Needle visible in the distance The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated monorail line in Seattle, Washington, that runs one mile along Fifth Avenue from Westlake Center in Downtown to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne. ... Sculpture near the entrance of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame bills itself as the worlds premier science fiction museum. ... KEXP (formerly KCMU) is a public radio station based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in independent and alternative rock programmed by its disc jockeys. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... Musician with a multimodal instrument based on electromyography, position sensing, and acoustically resonant bowls. ...


The museum contains mostly rock memorabilia and technology-intensive multimedia displays. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

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Architecture

Design by Frank Gehry
Design by Frank Gehry

The structure itself was designed by Frank Gehry, and resembles many of his firm's other works in its sheet-metal construction, such as Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Gehry Tower. 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.[3] The last structural steel beam to be put in place bears the signatures of all construction workers who were on site on the day it was erected. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 281 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Frank Gehry Experience Music Project Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 281 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Frank Gehry Experience Music Project Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, along the Nervión River in downtown Bilbao, with the Maman, a huge spider by Louise Bourgeois The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, which is made of glass, titanium, and limestone. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gehry Tower Gehry Tower is a nine-story building constructed by architect Frank Gehry; it is located at the Steintor, Goethestraße 13a, in Hanover, Germany. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...


Even before groundbreaking, the Seattle Weekly in discussing the design could refer to "the often quoted comparison to a smashed electric guitar"; indeed, Gehry himself had made the comparison: "We started collecting pictures of Stratocasters, bringing in guitar bodies, drawing on those shapes in developing our ideas."[4] The architecture was greeted by Seattle residents with a mixture of acclaim for Gehry and derision for this particular edifice. "Frank Gehry," remarked British-born, Seattle-based writer Jonathan Raban, "has created some wonderful buildings, like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, but his Seattle effort, the Experience Music Project, is not one of them."[5] New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp described it as "something that crawled out of the sea, rolled over, and died."[6] Forbes magazine called it one of the world's 10 ugliest buildings.[6] Others describe it as a "blob"[7] or call it "The Hemorrhoids".[5] Jonathan Raban (born 1942) is a British travel writer and novelist. ... Herbert Muschamp is a writer for the New York Times who, in 2004, stepped down as the newspapers architecture critic. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...


Collections

An exterior view of the building.
An exterior view of the building.

Permanent exhibits include the Northwest Passage which is a hall containing exhibits on the history of popular music in the Pacific Northwest. Exhibits include Bing Crosby (Tacoma, Washington), The Kingsmen (Portland, Oregon), Heart (Seattle, Washington), The Presidents of the United States of America (Seattle, Washington), Sir Mix-a-Lot (Seattle, Washington), Nirvana (Aberdeen, Washington, via Seattle), and Pearl Jam (Seattle, Washington) . Also included are some less famous artists including Queensrÿche (Bellevue, Washington), and bands far more obscure, such as The Pudz (Seattle, Washington). Numerous video clips show interviews and performance footage, and extensive commentary and additional recordings are available via handheld computers. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 999 KB) Experience Music Project, Seattle. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 999 KB) Experience Music Project, Seattle. ... The Pacific Northwest from space This page is about the region that includes parts of Canada and the United States. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Nickname: Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington State Coordinates: , Country United States of America State Washington County Pierce Government  - Mayor Bill Baarsma (D) Area  - City 62. ... The Kingsmen were a rock band from Portland, Oregon who rose suddenly to fame with their recording of Richard Berrys Louie, Louie. ... Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City 376. ... Heart is an American rock band which came out of Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, Washington State, USA. Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... The Presidents of the United States of America is a Seattle alternative rock band best known for their quirky, often nonsensical songs that defied the typical sound of most bands from the Pacific Northwest at the time. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Anthony Ray (born August 12, 1963), known as Sir Mix-a-Lot, is a Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer, originally from Seattle, Washington, USA. // Sir Mix-a-Lot worked together with Miami bass icon DJ Magic Mike, Mudhoney, Metal Church (on a cover of Black Sabbaths Iron Man... Nirvana was an American rock band that formed in Aberdeen, Washington. ... Tribute to Kurt Cobain in Aberdeen. ... Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Queensrÿche (pronounced IPA: ) is a heavy/progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle. ... Location of Bellevue within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington. ... The Squirrels Five Virgins, 1986 The Squirrels are a pop band based in Seattle, Washington. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ...


There was an exhibit on Jimi Hendrix which was open from June 7, 2003 to August 5, 2007. There is also the Guitar Gallery, dedicated to the history of the guitar; a massive sculpture, Roots and Branches by Trimpin made largely out of musical instruments, especially guitars, which are played by electronically controlled devices; the Sound Lab, in which museum-goers can learn the basics of playing various instruments; On Stage, a simulated onstage experience; and Costumes from the Vault, a collection of performers' costumes.[8] This article contains a trivia section. ... Trimpin (b. ...


E.M.P. introduced a travelling collection exhibit in 2002 entitled Disco: A Decade of Saturday Nights. It remained in Seattle, WA for one year, then in 2003 it moved to the Henry Ford Musuem in Dearborn, MI and in 2004 to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. It has since been retired.


Finances

USGS satellite image of the EMP in the shadow of the Space Needle.
USGS satellite image of the EMP in the shadow of the Space Needle.
Inside: the Sky Church.
Inside: the Sky Church.

The museum has not been a financial success.[9][10] In an effort to make ends meet, the "blue blob" at the south end of the museum—which originally housed the "Artist's Journey" exhibit, resembling an amusement park ride centering around an elaborate film of a Woodstock Jimi Hendrix performance — now houses the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 526 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (996 × 1136 pixel, file size: 750 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The en:Experience Music Project by architect en:Frank Gehry in the shadow of the en:Space Needle at the en:Seattle Center. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 526 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (996 × 1136 pixel, file size: 750 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The en:Experience Music Project by architect en:Frank Gehry in the shadow of the en:Space Needle at the en:Seattle Center. ... InsertSLUTTY WHORES≤ non-formatted text here{| class=toccolours border=1 cellpadding=4 style=float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 20em; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear: right; |+ United States Geological Survey |- |style= align=center colspan=2| [[Image:USGS logo. ... Space Needle from Downtown Seattle. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 452 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1954 × 2592 pixel, file size: 439 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 452 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1954 × 2592 pixel, file size: 439 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sculpture near the entrance of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame bills itself as the worlds premier science fiction museum. ...


In an effort to raise more funds, museum organizers used Allen's extensive art collection to create a 2006 exhibit within the confines of the EMP.[11] The exhibit, which had nothing to do with either music or science fiction, was entitled DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein. The exhibit included Roy Lichtenstein's The Kiss (1962), Pierre-Auguste Renoir's The Reader (1877), Vincent van Gogh's Orchard with Peach Trees in Blossom (1888), Pablo Picasso's Four Bathers (1921) and several works of art from Claude Monet including one of the Water Lilies paintings (1919) and The Mula Palace (1908).[12] Roy Fox Lichtenstein (27 October 1923 – 29 September 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being as artificial as possible. // Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 into an upper-middle-class family... Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. ... Vincent Willem van Gogh (sometimes erroneously pronounced [ˈvɪnsənt væn ˈɡɒf] or [ˈvɪnsənt vɑn ˈɡɔx] in British English and [ˈvɪnsənt væn ˈɡoʊ] in US English; the correct Dutch pronunciation is ) (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. ... Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein...


A subsequent exhibit—Sound and Vision: Artists Tell Their Stories, which opened February 28, 2007—had far more connection to the museums' missions. The first exhibit at the complex to bring together both music and science fiction in a single exhibit, Sound and Vision draws on EMP's and SFM's collections of oral history recordings.[13] February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. ...


Beginning March 31, 2007, "after six years of criticism from some community members who felt that the cost of admission made the museum a tourist destination, rather than an educational and recreational resource for locals", the price of a combined admission to EMP and SFM have been cut to $15 for adults, and $12 for children and seniors; there will no longer be a separate admission to each of the two museums.[14] March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...


References

  1. ^ Official Seattle Center map Seattle Center Map. Seattle Center. Retrieved on 2006-11-24. EMP, SFM and the Monorail station are numbers 18, 39, and 20, respectively, on the map, all near the corner of 5th Avenue N and Broad Street.
  2. ^ DeRoche, Jeff (April 12–April 18, 2001). Radio Ga-Ga. The Stranger. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
  3. ^ Benedetti, Winda (2000-06-22). The Sky Church: A sanctuary for rock disciples. Seattle PI. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
  4. ^ Roger Downey, Experience This!, Seattle Weekly, February 18, 1998. Accessed online 22 October 2006.
  5. ^ a b Raban, Jonathan (April 4, 2004). Deference to nature keeps Seattle from becoming world-class city]. Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
  6. ^ a b Barnett, Erica C. (June 17–June 23, 2004). EMPty. The Stranger. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
  7. ^ Cheek, Lawrence W. (September 26, 2006). On Architecture: Corrugated steel is a nice wrinkle. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
  8. ^ Permanent Exhibits on EMP's official site. Accessed online 22 October 2006.
  9. ^ John Cook, Recent layoffs at local companies: Experience Music Project, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 8, 2002. Accessed online 22 October 2006.
  10. ^ Associated Press story, Experience Music Project still struggling five years later, USA Today, March 22, 2005. Accessed online 22 October 2006.
  11. ^ Sheila Farr, Paul Allen's Experience Art Project, Seattle Times, November 29, 2005. Accessed online 22 October 2006.
  12. ^ Full List of Works Announced for Upcoming DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein Exhibition, press release on the exhibit's official site, March 21, 2006. Accessed online 22 October 2006.
  13. ^ A Legacy of Sound and Vision: The EMP Oral History Program, EMP site. Accessed online 4 March 2007.
  14. ^ Haley Edwards, EMP and SFM slash their ticket price, Seattle Times, March 14, 2007. Accessed online 24 March 2007.

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