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‘CO2 Cubes’ Copenhagen

No Comments 11 December 2009

‘CO2 Cubes: Visualize a Tonne of Change’ is a digital media art exhibition produced by Millennium ART presented in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15) taking place in December 2009.

‘The cube will be up during the COP-15 events (December 7 – December 18), seeking to engage and educate people by making visible the monumental scale of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by human activity.’

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MVRDV’s ‘China Hills’ – a vision of future cities

No Comments 29 November 2009

Saturday 28th of November the Beijing Centre for the Arts will open the exhibition Green Projects II, Three Dimensional City: Future China featuring work of Paolo Soleri and MVRDV. The centre piece is an installation by MVRDV, China Hills: a scale model of a future Chinese city which offers alternatives to the current urbanization in China. On a hypothetical site of 1×1x0.5 km the plan offers space to accommodate up to 100,000 inhabitants and a well balanced mix of urban program and nature, agriculture and energy production; all in the shape of a Chinese mountain landscape: realizable with todays technologies. The exhibition is open until February 28th 2010. On 28th November a Forum takes place.

2008 marks the historic global move from a majority of rural population to a majority of urban population. In the last twenty years, the incredible economic growth of China has lead to enormous urbanizations. Though impressive in size, most of these urban developments are rather monotonous and relying on external resources.

As the urban population grows, the needed program will require more space than suitable land is available. In the exhibition MVRDV visualizes the possibilities this offers. The city on a site of 1×1x0.5 km is terraced to offer sufficient space naturally lit for the needed plantation and energy production. This leads to attractive livable areas in high-rises. Stepped terraced towers with a rich variety of characters appear. The interiors of these hills are destined for retail, industry, leisure and technology.

By inserting these new hills in and around the current cities, a sincere Chinese mountain range appears. Blending individuality with collective responsibilities, connecting architecture with urbanism and turning urbanism into landscape architecture.

Beijing Center for the Arts, together with project developer Beijing Vantone Three Dimensional City Investment Co. Ltd, presents the exhibition BCA Green Project II Three Dimensional City: Future China. With collective efforts from worlds leading architects and artists, national and international experts and scholars on urban planning, city ecology and environment, decision makers from government and enterprises, Three Dimensional City is poised to envision an ideal living environment and future urban ecology. The project addresses the depletion of land and energy resources. As an enlightening project from which future urban planning programs can draw inspiration and as an exhilarating of social reformation.

Saturday 28th of November the Beijing Center for the Arts will open the exhibition Green Projects II, Three Dimensional City: Future China featuring work of Paolo Soleri and MVRDV. The center piece is an installation by MVRDV, ‘China Hills’: a scale model of a future Chinese city which offers alternatives to the current urbanization in China.

‘Lost Wax Casting’ technique by Tittot

No Comments 20 September 2009

Tittot glass manufacturer is part of the ‘The Harder They Fall’ exhibition currently on show at Moss Gallery in New York.

The work shown is created using the ‘Lost Wax Casting’ technique, a process last favored by artists in France during the Art Nouveau period; the highly artesian work requires approximately 50 intricate and interconnected steps. This art form was revived by Mr. Heinrich Wang, the Creative Director of Tittot, Taiwan, in 1987.

Jeremy Dickinson at Galerie Xippas in Athens

1 Comment 17 September 2009

London-based artist Jeremy Dickinson is showing his latest solo exhibition at Galerie Xippas in Athens, Greece from June 17 – September 26.

MOM & POPism Exhibition

No Comments 07 September 2009

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An interesting new exhibition featuring graffiti works, street art and photography opened its doors in New York. Entitled ‘MOM & POPism‘, the exhibition has been put together by photographer and author (‘Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York‘) couple James and Karla Murray. The exhibition took place on the roof of the Gawker Media headquarters til August 23rd.

3 walls from the show will be on view at Clic Gallery’s Broome and Center Street location in NYC through September 27th.

‘Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution’ by Bjarke Ingels

No Comments 31 August 2009

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‘Yes is More’, the catalogue accompanying BIG’s (BJARKE INGELS GROUP) first solo exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen.

By staging the exhibition, ‘Yes is More‘, the Danish Architecture Center (DAC) zooms in on one of Danish architecture’s most successful and innovative architectural companies.