Posted by Thorbjorn 25 May 2010
The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture - the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break through the strict architecture of O. M. Ungers “Galerie der Gegenwart”. Resultant permeabilty of the solid facade uncovers different interpretations of conception, geometry and aesthetics expressed through graphics and movement. www.urbanscreen.com
Posted by Thorbjorn 24 May 2010
VICE & Intel are launching a project featuring more than 80 Artists from around the world pushing creative boundaries, including names like Interpol, Spike Jonze, Mark Ronson, Richie Hawtin, Ma Yansong, Alexandre Herchcovitch and many others. Five international exhibitions will be held in New York, London, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Beijing.
Posted by Thorbjorn 29 April 2010
Computer generated landscapes in films and computer games increasingly influence the way we imagine alternatives to our present day lives. In collaboration with Ardor3D, who have worked with among others NASA, the artists have developed a real-time 3D programme. Continents emerge on one globe after another in an infinite series of alternative worlds. Each potentially inhabitable world is a unique computer generated model and exists only while it is observed. www.anders-kristoffer.dk
Posted by Thorbjorn 26 April 2010
“Designer Tuur Van Balen is currently working on a very intriguing project called Pigeon d’Or (”golden pigeon”). Pigeon d’Or involves manipulating the metabolism of pigeons and turning them from urban nuisance to winged dispensers of a soap-like substance that would contribute to making cities spic-and-span.” Read full article over at We Make Money Not Art.
Posted by Thorbjorn 26 April 2010
Interactive design studio Jason Bruges latest invention is a piece mimicking the Mimosa flower family - light panels that open and close like flowers in response to the presence of viewers. This installation was created in collaboration with Philips using their Lumiblade OLED (organic LED) modules and was presented for the first time during the Milan furniture fair 2010.
www.jasonbruges.com
Posted by Thorbjorn 7 April 2010
The kinetic sculpture “CONNECT” consists of thirteen oscillating spheres of steel connected to a matrix with a rubber band. A rod with a magnet on each side controls the action of each of the system elements. Once a sphere is connected to the rod, a motor activates its oscillation as long as the rod detaches and rebuilds a new connection to another sphere.
Posted by Thorbjorn 7 April 2010
9 – 19 April 2010
Bargehouse
South Bank, London SE1 9PH
Posted by Thorbjorn 30 March 2010
Ergenekon.tc is a piece by New York and Istanbul based artist Burak Arikan which shows the network diagram of the society depicted in the 2455 page Ergenekon* bill of indictment. Based on the statistical analysis of the judicial text, connections between the actors of Ergenekon revealed.
*Ergenekon is an illegal covert network found in Turkey, whose lawsuit is in progress.
www.burak-arikan.com