New York - Spending a night in a museum is a childhood dream that an exhibition in New York's Guggenheim Museum is turning into reality. The exhibition, called theanyspacewhatever, features Revolving Hotel Room by German artist Carsten Hoeller in the museum's rotunda. By day visitors see a luxury hotel room. By night the piece's wide double bed becomes a cosy place to sleep.
Revolving Hotel Room, made up of three glass discs mounted on a fourth that all turn slowly, invites guests to stay overnight at the museum until January 6. The bed is on one of the discs, a table and chairs are on another and a changing area is on the third. There's also a bathrobe and fluffy slippers and breakfast is included.
The overnight stay in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright building on Fifth Avenue is not, however, a bargain at 799 dollars or 259 dollars with a student discount. Privacy is not part of the package as the museum's security personnel stand guard all night.
Hoeller was born in 1961 in Brussels and has made a name for himself through installation projects. In 2006, he created a giant slide in the entrance of London's Tate Modern. His Revolving Hotel Room was exhibited in April in a museum in Bregenz where it also was possible to spend the night. Museum officials say every night was booked out.
