'It gets hazy from here, but there’s a picture of a friend getting into a dumpster and doing a lot of handstands.'
in New York to the Dallas Contemporary—since he was first featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s NYC Makers biennial in 2014. Constructed from disparate, often unexpected materials—think mohair, cement, vinyl, pool noodles, and trash—Kahn’s creations are tactile and textured, marrying the functional to the fantastic with an emphasis on the latter. With names such as “Slurp, Slap, Arm Akimbo,” Kahn’s objects wouldn’t feel out of place in a heady ‘60s house party or a trippy underground disco.
INTERVIEW: If you were able to go back in time and have one night at Studio 54, who would be in your banquette?INTERVIEW: What is it about that time that has left such a mark on the cultural imagination? KAHN: Even with hedonism, I think we all have goals. We can go out now and have an insane night, but Studio 54 exists in our minds as a place that must have been even wilder.KAHN: A group of four friends, a pinch of psychedelics, and a mission to dance.KAHN: It was a party, somehow, for a fashion brand and Third Eye Blind played. It was at Sleep No More, and at some point we snuck into the craft services section for the actors.
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