June 2-3, 2022
The Seaport District is a redeveloped stretch of the South Boston waterfront, lined with modern buildings, restaurants, bars and hotels.
The area appears to cater mainly to the young professional crowd, with trendy pop-up stores, garden bars, outdoor yoga (complete with DJ) and a large supply of Rose wines in the neighborhood market.
Anchoring the district is the striking Institute of Contemporary Art.
While we were there, they were preparing for the Red Bull cliff diving competition, where absolutely crazy people jump from gang planks extending from the roof of the gallery and drop 90 feet to the harbor below, while twisting and turning. Google cliff diving and Boston, to get an idea of just how insane it is. You can see the diving platforms in the photos below.
The gallery had an installation, Love is Calling, by the world’s most instagrammable artist, Yayoi Kusama. The immersive, vividly colored infinity mirror room consisted of tentacle-like inflatable sculptures covered with the artist’s signature polka dots.
Adding to the eeriness was a recording of Kusama reciting a love poem in Japanese. Here is an English translation of the poem.
Mal and Lauren 