Singing Just For Me

Where: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

When: ends October 14, 2018

So after I saw Mark Bradford's Pickett's Charge, I asked the docent on duty at the main entrance reception desk where I might find the "Tino Sehgal: This You" performance.  I'd heard that a person would be performing as people walked by outside the museum and in the garden but wasn't exactly sure where to go.  She directed me to the garden, thinking that perhaps the performances wouldn't be going on, but that there were some Seghal sculptures to see there.

I never did find the sculptures, but as I was walking around aimlessly, a woman all of a sudden starting singing.  I stopped and listened and thanked her when she was done.  It was a little weird to have someone I didn't know singing just for me, but I thought it would be rude to walk past her or pretend I didn't know she was performing.

As I walked on, another person walked up, and she did the same thing (with a different bit of song).  He just walked on, so perhaps I'm not well versed in how these pop-up performances work.  Or maybe, he was just rude.

The woman had a good voice, so I liked hearing her, whether as a direct performance, or as a sort of background music as I made my way out of the garden.

Verdict: How often do you get to have your own private concert? If you're at the Hirshhorn this coming week, give a listen.