2011
Alanna Heiss's interest in sound, space, and the urban environment was directly influenced by her close personal and professional relationship with artist Max Neuhaus. Heiss, founder of MoMA PS1 and the Clocktower Gallery, supported and commissioned Neuhaus's work on several occasions, and her curatorial vision reflects Neuhaus's ideas about auditory perception in unconventional contexts.
The Relationship between Alanna Heiss and Max Neuhaus
Personal and Professional Experience: Heiss and Neuhaus had a significant personal relationship. In 2009, after Neuhaus's death, Heiss remembered him in a blog post as a "brilliant" person with whom she shared a deep bond:
Alanna Heiss on Sound, Space, and the City, 2011