A brief chat we had with these dudes up at ATP suggested spawning a live-performance piece from Animal Collective's mind-melting "visual album" Oddsac would be a tall order. Said Avey: "It would take a lot of practice. Just 'cause we've basically assembled all the music and sounds, kind of a little bit piece by piece, you know, and not really in a live sort of setting. Yeah, it would take a little bit of work. We could do it ... for a good occasion. It would take a lot of planning for sure." An occasion has arisen -- the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of NYC's Guggenheim Museum, specifically -- but rather than recreate Oddsac, Animal Collective's once more joined forces with Oddsac director and longtime bro Danny Perez for something fresh: a one-nigh only (so far) "site-specific performance piece that will transform the museum's rotunda into a kinetic, psychedelic environment." You don't say. Titled Transverse Temporal Gyrus, the multi-media installation will feature "original recorded music composed specifically for the work along with video projections, costumes, and props, rendering the band members and performers into intense, visual abstractions." It's a free-reign event, running over three hours with attendees encouraged to wander the museum and come and go at will. It's presented in conjunction with Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum and Tino Sehgal, exhibitions which have cleared the rotunda of its usual artworks, paving the way for this mindfuckery. Animal Collective have penned a statement of intent which connects noises of the jungle and urban life, along with my favorite phrase "inside your brain." Engage: Continue reading Animal Collective & Danny Perez Bring Transverse Temporal Gyrus To The Guggenheim Museum...