Alexander Calder pieces are amazing, especially the large mobiles. The
stabiles have less of an effect of me but the way that the mobiles occupy
space and are constantly in motion. However, the one artist doing it for me
right now is the architect Frank O. Gehry who designed the Guggenheim Museum
in Bilbao. The structures he creates have such flow and life to them and
they reflect (in form) and play/interact with the surrounding environment.
Check out the Guggenheim website:
http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/ingles/edificio/el_edificio.htm
Below is a copy of the description from said site.
"The building itself is an extraordinary combination of interconnecting
shapes. Orthogonal blocks in limestone contrast with curved and bent forms
covered in titanium. Glass curtain walls provide the building with the light
and transparency it needs. Owing to their mathematical complexity, the
sinuous stone, glass, and titanium curves were designed with the aid of
computers. The glass walls were made and installed to protect the works of
art from heat and radiation. The half-millimeter thick "fish-scale" titanium
panels covering most of the building are guaranteed to last one hundred
years. As a whole, Gehry's design creates a spectacular, eminently visible
structure that has the presence of a huge sculpture set against the backdrop
of the city."
I've been inside some of his structures and they are wonderful. I'd love to
live in a house designed by him.
Which brings me to this:
ARCHITETTURA mixed media installation
(film+music+architecture)
a caipirinha productions presentation
a travelling architettura installation makes its way around the globe. it
features four short films in between live soundscapes by caipirinha
musicians. in addition, during the musicians performances, we project slides
of contemporary architecture and design donated to us by the architects
themselves. this exhibition takes the architettura multimedia project one
step further in its investigation of contemporary architecture and
electronic music. the 'architettura' installation can be found at museums,
cultural centers, art galleries, architecture universities, and film and
music centers around the world such as walker art center in minneapolis, the
substation in singapore, the ny moma, artsonje in korea, the lux in
portugal, and at the brooklyn anchorage.
Here are the dates
AUG 26&27/00
TAIPEI TAIWAN - GOLDEN HORSE FESTIVAL
presentation of caipirinha films including 'modulations', 'synthetic
pleasures', 'an autumn wind' and 'architettura' films as well as live
performances by architettura' musicians.
AUG 17-22/00
SINGAPORE - THE SUBSTATION
presentation of 'architettura' films as well as live performances by
'architettura' musicians.
JULY 29&31/00
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - WALKER ART CENTER
presentation of 'architettura' films as well as live performances by david
toop, taylor deupree & savvas ysatis, & panacea
JULY19-23/00
BRAZIL TOUR - BRASILIA 40TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL / BRAZIL 500TH ANNIVERSARY
installations in RIO, SAO PAULO, BELO HORIZONTE, and THE PAMPULHA MUSEUM IN
DIAMNTINA designed by oscar niemeyer. presentation of 'architettura' films
bu iara lee as well as live performances by taylor
deupree & savvas ysatis, panacea, and steve roden and visual presentation on
contemporary architecture.
JUNE 7/00
MONTREAL, CANADA - EX- CENTRIS - MUTEK MUSIC FESTIVAL
presentation of 'architettura' films as well as live performances by taylor
deupree & savvas ysatis, & panacea
MAY 26-27/00
SEOUL, KOREA - ARTSONJE
festival of korean american artists. presentation of 'architettura' films as
well as live performances by taylor deupree
MAY 25/00
NEW YORK CITY- DOCOMOMO
panel discussion: BRASILIA 2000: The Modern City includes a special
presentation of the 'architettura' films and 'architettura' music.
co-sponsored and hosted by the America's Society in their landmark 1909
McKim Mead and White building at 680 Park Avenue. RSVP
MAY 19/00
SAN FRANCISCO MOMA
and blasthaus present "FORMULA" featuring "Architettura" with a presentation
of the 'architettura' films by iara lee as well as live performances by
sound track, steve roden, and datach'i and visual presentation on
contemporary architecture.
APRIL 20/00
NEW YORK, NY - BRASILIA RELEASE PARTY
club void. debut of 'monumental minimalism' and performance by panacea and
taylor deupree
FEB 8/00
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPI - 'SONIC CIRCUITS VII' mississippi state university.
screening of 'architettura' film 'enclosed nature' as well as toyo ito's
tower of winds slide presentation set to music.
DEC 9-12 / 99
FLORENCE, ITALY - IMAGE / international festival for architecture in video.
presentation of 'architettura' films
SEPT 29/00
LOS ANGELES, CA - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE
creening of 'architettura' films and lecture by iara lee.
JUNE 30 /99
NEW YORK, NY - MOMA NY
caipirinha musicians, taylor deupree, unit and datach'i play live at moma to
celebrate the opening of the architecture exhibition 'the un-private house'
, the first project in the lily auchincloss series of
architecture exhibitions.
JUNE 19/99
BROOKLYN, NY - BROOKLYN ANCHORAGE
world premiere of architettura installation at the anchorage music series
held summer99 inside the brooklyn bridge. world premiere of the
'architettura' films by iara lee and live performances by taylor deupree,
somatic, datach'i, unit, & terre thaemlitz
Fred
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