Architecture

The projects by Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942) include multimedia installations, photographs, publications, performances and urban interventions, and they represent one of the most important contributions to international conceptual art practices. In The Empty City, Bilbao and its current urban plan, as well as its historical context, are the point of departure... READ MORE...

“Softwalks”, first solo exhibition in Norway by Angelidakis

Softwalks is the first institutional solo exhibition in Norway by Andreas Angelidakis. The artist, who is known for his work exploring the intersection between art, architecture and design, combined the physical and digital realms through usage of software and hardware in video and sculptural work.... READ MORE...

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Summa Technologiae (The Lem Seminars). Call for applications

Summa Technologiae — titled after a collection of philosophical essays by Stanisłav Lem — is a project that begins as a pedagogical investigation consisting of four online seminars, taking place in November and December of 2020. The seminars will be focused on producing “outcomes” that will be made available on the Summa Technologiae project platform.... READ MORE...

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OPEN CALL: Premio Termoli 62nd edition. Architecture and Design Section

The MACTE Foundation is pleased to announce the Open Call for the 62nd edition of the Premio Termoli-Architecture and Design Section, applications can be sent until November 26, 2020. The purpose of the contest of the 62nd Premio Termoli–Architecture and Design Section is to design an urban bus stop shelter, meant for the city of Termoli.... READ MORE...

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“Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement”

Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement is an enthralling tribute to the great Italian Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi by the English artist and filmmaker I... READ MORE...

Pedro Reyes in “Return to Sender”

For his works, Pedro Reyes (b. 1972 in Mexico City) uses architecture, sculpture, video, performance, and participation to promote collective and individual pow... READ MORE...

Broadcasting alienation: interview with Laura Yuile

Fabiola Fiocco

ASSET ARREST is a podcast series set around the viewing of different luxury properties led by artist Laura Yuile, who poses as a potential buyer. In her work, she explores notions of the domestic and the urban through the intimate (or public) matters of living together, and the effects of globalization and technological development upon living space itself. Interview by Fabiola Fiocco.... READ MORE...

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“Unhomed”: how destabilise the notion of identity

The exhibition Unhomed also engages with how our bodily experiences inform and transform the city, our physical and mental presence adding new layers of understanding.... READ MORE...

Yuge Zhou’s “Chorus of Idle Footsteps”

In her first solo exhibition with Site:Brooklyn, artist Yuge Zhou repositions her intricate body of work with a series of video installations collaged from everyday observations that explore the confluence of individual needs and mass behavior.... READ MORE...

Floraphilia. Revolution of Plants

The exhibition "Floraphilia. Revolution of Plants", curated by Aneta Rostkowska, frees the world of plants from the reactionary context of interior design magazines and eco-trends, revealing its emancipatory potential leading to social transformation.... READ MORE...

Discovering digital and creative cultures at KIKK Festival 2019

The Kikk Festival programme features a plethora of presentations with over 50 speakers from all over the world. In a Town city trail, the ninth edition includes impressive installations all over the city: it will showcase new technologies and celebrate all their facets, from art and design to architecture, 2.0 media, the world of science and even business.... READ MORE...

“Transcorporealities”: part of “HERE AND NOW” at Museum Ludwig

The exhibition "Transcorporealities" takes as its starting point the concept of the permeability of bodies. This idea of “transcorporeality” can also be applied to the museum: in continuous metabolic processes, various social, biological, technological, economic and political systems intersect. Against this backdrop, the exhibition activates an area in the museum that is freely accessible and opens toward the urban space with its transparent façades and glass doors on two sides: the foyer.... READ MORE...

Lawrence Lek’s “Farsight Freeport”: a journey into the year 2069

With "Farsight Freeport", HeK (House of Electronic Arts Basel) presents the first solo exhibition in Switzerland of Lawrence Lek. With his immersive, virtual worlds and electronic soundtracks, the London-based artist has developed an independent and unique visual language.... READ MORE...

Future of Classroom: On Bringing Light and Information into Buildings (or Doing Away With Buildings Altogether)

Selena Savic

Since at least a decade we have access to technologies that enable us to remotely perform the majority of tasks related to learning. Do we still need physical space for learning?... READ MORE...

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Eco-Visionaries: art for a planet in a state of emergency

Initiated in 2018 as a joint project appearing across four institutions Eco-Visionaries has a new presentation at Matadero Madrid, with an expanded selection of projects and artworks that highlight the future of interspecies relationships. Eco-Visionaries is a manifesto-exhibition focusing on the impacts of rapidly changing ecological conditions.... READ MORE...

William Forsythe’s Choreographic Objects

SESC Pompeia (São Paulo) is currently hosting the exhibition "William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects". Passing visitors and SESC users can get to know the plurisensorial, choreographic and multimedia production of North American dancer, choreographer and visual artist William Forsythe.... READ MORE...