Collaboration is Utopia: Yutaka Sone & Benjamin Weissman at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA)

A behind-the-scenes look at artists Yutaka Sone and Benjamin Weissman preparing for their exhibition What Every Snowflake Knows in Its Heart at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. On view November 21, 2013 to April 5, 2014. 

Yutaka Sone and Benjamin Weissman met atop Mammoth Mountain at the suggestion of their colleague, Paul McCarthy. Since that first meeting, they have crafted a shared mythology based on their mutual passion for snow and related subjects—skiing, forests and mountains, athletics, alter-egos, and mischief. For What Every Snowflake Knows in Its Heart, Sone and Weissman have built a monumental, animatronic ski mountain, complete with roving chair lifts and whimsical skiing characters. Their mountain, installed in the Museum’s Main Gallery, is complemented by a series of jointly-produced paintings and sculptures. 

Yutaka Sone & Benjamin Weissman: What Every Snowflake Knows in Its Heart is organized by Elsa Longhauser, Executive Director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art. 

Video by David Fenster

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