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Friday, March 28, 2003
My essay A Brief History of Horizontality: 1968/1969 to 2001/2002 has just been published in the March 2003 issue of Pasajes de Arquitectura y Critica. [Madrid] This is the third of a series of articles for Pasajesthat began with Hallucination in Seattle: Frank O. Gehry's Experience Music Project in June 2001 and Cathedrals of the Culture Industry in August/September 2002.
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 12:57 AM PST [Link]
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Tonight the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design presents a lecture by LINDA TAALMAN and LIAM GILLICK at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ahmanson Auditorium; 7.30pm $7 admission (free for members).
As principal of OpenOffice, an independent practice established in 1997 in NYC, Taalman developed the show TRESPASSING: Houses x Artists, 1998-2002, currently on display at the MAK Center/Schindler House and, in collaboration with Robert Irwin, undertook a $27 million renovation of a 290,000 square foot industrial building in Beacon, New York to serve as the permanent collection for the Dia Art Foundation. Together with Open Office principal Alan Koch, Taalman recently moved to LA to establish Taalman Koch (TK) architecture. Taalman Koch is now pursuing the construction of one of the projects in TRESPASSING, Small Skycraper with artist Chris Burden.
Gillick is one of the foremost young artists of our day. Practicing in London and New York, Gillick has exhibited his work worldwide. Working with ambient fields of colored plexiglas and metal and constructing elaborate and artificial textual narratives, Gillick investigates what he calls the "central region where discussion, delay, negotiation, and conciliation takes
place." More on Gillick can be found here and here
Gillick is the 2003 winner of the Tate Gallery's prestigious Turner Prize, awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition in the preceding twelve months.
In their presentation, Taalman and Gillick will discuss their collaborative public art projects for the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport and the Porscheplatz in Stuttgart. Together, they will describe new ways for architects and artists to work together in order to generate opportunities for innovative commissions.
This lecture is part of Inter:Facing, a series exploring recent collaborative undertakings between artists and architects. More on the lectures at the LA Forum web site.
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 12:01 PM PST [Link]
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Strange things may be going on under Tokyo: The Japan Times Online has the story.
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 06:28 PM PST [Link]
Monday, March 17, 2003
My essay on One Wilshire is now available in issue five of the Berlin journal An Architektur. Produktion und Gebrauch gebauter Umwelt An Architektur's mission is to pay much-needed attention to the role of architecture in power relations today.
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 04:52 PM PST [Link]
Saturday, March 15, 2003
The New York Times reports on the growth of real estate development at transit hubs. See New Vitality Around Old Railroad Stations
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 03:18 PM PST [Link]
Friday, March 14, 2003
Peter Smithson has passed away. See The Guardian Obituary.
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 09:20 AM PST [Link]
Thursday, March 6, 2003
The BBC reports on the construction of a Highway to the South Pole
Posted by Kazys Varnelis @ 11:03 PM PST [Link]
