Xu Zhen
徐震
Eternity
Xu Zhen is one of the most interesting and promising artists working in China today. An irreverent artist with a voracious appetite for global information and a unique ability to produce work across multiple platforms and media.Xu Zhen is a conceptual artist whose work often takes the form of provocative sculptures, installations and interventions that confront sociopolitical taboos in contemporary China and freely manipulate western expectations of Chinese art and commerce.
Soft Bodies
Micro-Utopia
In response to London’s pressing housing crisis Micro-Utopia proposes a shared, immersive and interactive version of a home, where space is born from the finely-tuned sensorial interplay between the body and virtual/physical objects connected to the Internet of Things. A chair invites us to stay with it for a moment; we crawl through a demanding fireplace; our hands are washed in a bowl of digital liquid – the highly speculative model of domesticity explores the architectural implication of co-inhabiting a minimal physical infrastructure within infinitely bespoke virtual worlds. Drawing on radical art practice, interiors in historical painting and contemporary product design, Micro-Utopia is the dream of a house that is nothing, but the parameters of our perception are triggered through the metaphorical dimension of the objects we interact with on a daily basis.
Lech Majewski
The Roe’s Room
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In this “absolutely singular autobiographical film opera” (Time Out London), multi-talented composer, writer, director and artist Lech Majewski presents a stunning, intimate, and ultimately magical work of unbridled creativity. A ravishing ode to the imagination, THE ROE’S ROOM is a place where the energy of youth and the eternal power of the natural world triumph over the banalities and deprivations of the commonplace.Within their apartment, a father, mother and son bear the dulling yoke of an ordinary urban life. His mind and heart borne aloft by the cycle of the seasons and the images and music within him, the son transforms his cloistered existence into a richly poetic emotional utopia. As autumn arrives, cracking flakes of plaster become falling leaves. With spring, a cold hard floor comes alive with meadow grass and love beckons in the form of a beautiful young girl’s outstretched hand.
Max Grüter
Himmelsruderer
SASKIA BODDEKE AKA ROSE BORCHOVSKI
WHY IS THERE SOMETHING? – Susa Bubble Part 6
Israel Myth, The punishment
File Festival – Machinima
ANDREA MILLER
Gallim Dance
Founded by choreographer Andrea Miller, Gallim Dance burst onto the New York dance scene in 2007 and immediately caught the attention of the New York dance community. The company includes an ensemble of dancers hailed for their quick wit and technical virtuosity. The mission of Gallim Dance is to play inside the imagination, to find juxtapositions of the mind and body that resonate in the soul, to investigate our limitations and pleasures, and to realize the endless human capacity for inspiration.
James Whitaker
Joshua Tree Residence
Whitaker has envisioned an “exoskeleton” made of shipping containers painted bright white. The containers appear like a starburst, with cuboid forms pushing out in all directions.The home is intended to offer a connection to the sun-baked landscape, while concurrently providing a sense of protection and privacy. Square windows frame views of the blue sky and rugged terrain. In some areas, faceted ceilings give the effect of being inside a crystalline form.
Hiroaki Umeda
Median
When examining any living substance at a microscopic level, there are almost no perceivable boundaries between human and non-human bodies. In this work, Hiroaki Umeda, a Japanese choreographer, dancer and visual artist, pursues his longstanding belief and fascination that a human body is an intrinsic part of nature, where there is simply no distinction with other living things. For Umeda, choreography is not only limited to human bodies but for anything that is capable of movement. In MEDIAN, he explores the choreography of cells, molecular forms and organic synthesis, bringing into human visibility another world of movement, light and sound.
Roman Vlasov
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Vlasov’s striking conceptual architecture hits upon contemporary’s most important design features: sharpness, elegance, simplicity, and sleekness. The juxtaposition between nature and the rigidity of a man-made structure accentuate the beauty of the construction. Aesthetically beautiful, Vlasov’s work is efficiently displayed from every angle.
DESIGN I/O
Mundos conectados
Mundos conectados é um ecossistema imersivo e interativo projetado para o New York Hall of Science. É uma instalação de seis ecossistemas menores, na verdade – todos os quais estão conectados, muito parecido com os ecossistemas reais. A diferença aqui é que os ambientes só existem em telas enormes conectadas por um piso interativo de 3.000 pés².
LINCOLN HARRISON
Startrails
ALVA BERNADINE
阿尔瓦伯娜丁
АЛЬВА БЕРНАДИН
[…] NORMALLY, I GET AN IDEA FOR A PICTURE AND IF I CAN’T THINK OF A GOOD REASON NOT, I TAKE IT. I CAN’T CENSOR MY OWN STUFF. THAT DOESN’T BOTHER ME MUCH, … YOU BRING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES TO A PICTURE. SOMETIMES I AM SURPRISED AT THE WAY THEY’RE INTERPRETED, BUT EVERY OPINION IS AS VALID AS MINE BECAUSE I HAVEN’T USUALLY FORMED AN OPINION BEFORE I’VE TAKEN THE SHOT.[…]
MIRROR CUBE
Sweden’s Tree Hotel
IVONNE THEIN
THE MASQUERADE OF THE REAL
“I am a German artist based in Berlin working in the field of photography, video and installations. The main focus of my photographs is identity and the role of the human body within society. Image-generating media like photography, television, and film and their use in advertising and the internet impose increasing demands on the body and subject it to a process of abstraction, while at the same time leading to the emergence of a public opinion, the solidification of images as role models with gender-specific attributes.”
MARTIN MESSIER
Мартин Мессье
マーティンメシエ
Sewing Machine Orchestra
Klanginstallation des kanadischen Künstlers Martin Messier, hergestellt aus den Klängen von acht alten Nähmaschinen. Die Grundgeräusche, die bei dieser Aufführung verwendet werden, bestehen ausschließlich aus akustischen Geräuschen, die von Nähmaschinen erzeugt, durch Mikrokontakte verstärkt und von einem Computer verarbeitet werden.
SOPHIA CHANG
София Чанг
صوفيا تشانغ
ソフィアチャン
Suspense
Facilitando il senso di sconosciuto, ignoto, attraverso la sua inattesa manipolazione della cornice architettonica, “suspense” dall’architetto americano Sophia Chang è un’installazione interattiva presso la galleria Invivia a Cambridge, Massachusetts. Curata e sponsorizzata da Allen Sayegh (co-fondatore di invivia) e Ingeborg Rocker (co – fondatore di rocker-lange architects), l’installazione è costituita da geometrie di tessuto ammorbidito che confondono i confini tra interno ed esterno.
