A FAIRLY TALL TOWER, 48,000 Miles High - - Siah Armajani
Unbuilt Roads
Location: Outer Space
Status: Theoretical study
Proposal to build a self-supporting tower suspended in space but anchored at one point to the earth (U. S. ).
All synchronous satellites of the earth are located at the synchronous altitude. This al
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Location: Outer Space
Status: Theoretical study
Proposal to build a self-supporting tower suspended in space but anchored at one point to the earth (U. S. ).
All synchronous satellites of the earth are located at the synchronous altitude. This al
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PROJECT [video]Flâneu®
The artist walks like a „Flâneur“ through the city. He does not have a turtle with him (as the original Parisian Flâneur of the 1830‘s used to); later, he does not write stories (as Edgar Allan Poe or Hans Christian Ande
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PROJECT [video]Flâneu®
The artist walks like a „Flâneur“ through the city. He does not have a turtle with him (as the original Parisian Flâneur of the 1830‘s used to); later, he does not write stories (as Edgar Allan Poe or Hans Christian Ande
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Temp (pronounced: Temp-io) is a pavilion that offers protection against sun and rain.
The only way to reach the pavilion is by crossing a circle of sand and inevitably leave your traces in the sand.
Visitors are invited to erase their traces by rotatin
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Temp (pronounced: Temp-io) is a pavilion that offers protection against sun and rain.
The only way to reach the pavilion is by crossing a circle of sand and inevitably leave your traces in the sand.
Visitors are invited to erase their traces by rotatin
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Gävle, Sweden, 2003
In 2002 Esther Shalev-Gerz was invited to realize a project in Gävle, Sweden.
“What is the portrait of a city? Is it the city today or is it both what it is today and what it could have been?
When I first visited Gavle I w
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Gävle, Sweden, 2003
In 2002 Esther Shalev-Gerz was invited to realize a project in Gävle, Sweden.
“What is the portrait of a city? Is it the city today or is it both what it is today and what it could have been?
When I first visited Gavle I w
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Concept: to create a Pantheon for women of the 21st century and dedicate the building to Hillary Clinton because I see it as an artist that in this moment of history the world needs women, the caretakers, as leaders who can "connect the dots".
The buil
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Concept: to create a Pantheon for women of the 21st century and dedicate the building to Hillary Clinton because I see it as an artist that in this moment of history the world needs women, the caretakers, as leaders who can "connect the dots".
The buil
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ZIPPER CHAIRS
With Zipper Chairs , I am playing with the interaction of natural design and human logic. The structures we live in, whether natural, invented, physical or cultural, all affect our behavior. The idea for Zipper Chairs came from my fascina
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ZIPPER CHAIRS
With Zipper Chairs , I am playing with the interaction of natural design and human logic. The structures we live in, whether natural, invented, physical or cultural, all affect our behavior. The idea for Zipper Chairs came from my fascina
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In response to an invitation to propose a public art project anywhere in Italy I designed a house to be built in Milan. The basic drawings were completed and submitted for consideration. At this point an architectural practice in Milan became involved and
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In response to an invitation to propose a public art project anywhere in Italy I designed a house to be built in Milan. The basic drawings were completed and submitted for consideration. At this point an architectural practice in Milan became involved and
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"In the Shadow of the Monument" 2009
PROPOSAL # 2
Images from the solo exhibition at Art Center Gävle, Sweden.
And a temporary public monument "In the shadow of the double" in City Hall Courtyard in the city of Gävle, Sweden.
more info
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"In the Shadow of the Monument" 2009
PROPOSAL # 2
Images from the solo exhibition at Art Center Gävle, Sweden.
And a temporary public monument "In the shadow of the double" in City Hall Courtyard in the city of Gävle, Sweden.
more info
http://a
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Dinedromoscope (from Greek: δινη, “vortex”, δρομοs, “run” e σkοπη, “to examine”)
PLAN A
Dinedromoscope is a project destined to the involvement of the visitors of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, who are invited to throw thems
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Dinedromoscope (from Greek: δινη, “vortex”, δρομοs, “run” e σkοπη, “to examine”)
PLAN A
Dinedromoscope is a project destined to the involvement of the visitors of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, who are invited to throw thems
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SUBJECT: What would have happened if, at 20 years old, you had gone to college for art instead of architecture? What would have happened if you had been a visual artist who expressed himself through two-dimensional video, objects, etc...? What if we offer
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SUBJECT: What would have happened if, at 20 years old, you had gone to college for art instead of architecture? What would have happened if you had been a visual artist who expressed himself through two-dimensional video, objects, etc...? What if we offer
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A competition won in 1989
Tower One: was proposed to sit in a roundabout next to the Chicago river .. 65' (feet) in height, the base an octagonal cast iron construction stands on a slightly mounded cast rubber base ... eight triangular beams thrust upw
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A competition won in 1989
Tower One: was proposed to sit in a roundabout next to the Chicago river .. 65' (feet) in height, the base an octagonal cast iron construction stands on a slightly mounded cast rubber base ... eight triangular beams thrust upw
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“Mister Dosti” is a project that originates from the literature. In 2010, the Mr. Dosti was finished, and published only in a few copies, as a volume with Albanian stories. The text itself features various types of writings such as: poetry, notes, pro
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“Mister Dosti” is a project that originates from the literature. In 2010, the Mr. Dosti was finished, and published only in a few copies, as a volume with Albanian stories. The text itself features various types of writings such as: poetry, notes, pro
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Artist Statement:
It is interesting to see what one value or thinks should be contained, stored and kept. This idea of something being secure and safely tucked away or collected is fundamental in my work. I think it is an essential quality of humans to
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Artist Statement:
It is interesting to see what one value or thinks should be contained, stored and kept. This idea of something being secure and safely tucked away or collected is fundamental in my work. I think it is an essential quality of humans to
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"The Well" by day and "The Cave" by night - Sissel Kardel
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A four story tower, in the shape of a standing female figure, facade like that of a log cabin which you can enter and explore.
Sissel Kardel works from documentary photographs that correspond to visions in which a contemplative female figure is set a
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A four story tower, in the shape of a standing female figure, facade like that of a log cabin which you can enter and explore.
Sissel Kardel works from documentary photographs that correspond to visions in which a contemplative female figure is set a
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Architecture is the most visible sign of a society's faith and trust in the future. The ability to move forward and construct a future is greatly effected by how our views are framed.
This work explores the built landscape and its affects
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Architecture is the most visible sign of a society's faith and trust in the future. The ability to move forward and construct a future is greatly effected by how our views are framed.
This work explores the built landscape and its affects
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Circular escalator
Through our research of the City of Perth’s master plan, the public success of the revitalization of Forrest Place not only depends upon the current restructuring already under way in the vicinity, but also upon the creation of a n
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Circular escalator
Through our research of the City of Perth’s master plan, the public success of the revitalization of Forrest Place not only depends upon the current restructuring already under way in the vicinity, but also upon the creation of a n
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« Crepuscule Matinale - homage to Erik Satie » is a project where the ventilation ducts of the Georges Pompidou Centre forecourt receive a makeover and put on an act of playing Furniture Music, the brain child of Erik Satie between 1917 and 1923.
By eq
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« Crepuscule Matinale - homage to Erik Satie » is a project where the ventilation ducts of the Georges Pompidou Centre forecourt receive a makeover and put on an act of playing Furniture Music, the brain child of Erik Satie between 1917 and 1923.
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UNREALIZEABLE PROJECT A000008 - Stefano W. Pasquini
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UNREALIZEABLE PROJECT A000008: The gallery wall gets shot with a machine gun. The project almost got realized in 1996 in a gallery in Maastricht. Unfortunately the Dutch Police wouldn't allow the shooting to happen, even without public, and advised the us
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UNREALIZEABLE PROJECT A000008: The gallery wall gets shot with a machine gun. The project almost got realized in 1996 in a gallery in Maastricht. Unfortunately the Dutch Police wouldn't allow the shooting to happen, even without public, and advised the us
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The Woodsquat Commemorative Pool Party - Gabriel Saloman
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Gabriel Saloman
The Woodsquat Commemorative Pool Party
In the Fall of 2011, in response to call for artworks that addressed the site-specificity of Simon Fraser University's new campus in the heart of Vancouver's impoverished and turbulent Downtown
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Gabriel Saloman
The Woodsquat Commemorative Pool Party
In the Fall of 2011, in response to call for artworks that addressed the site-specificity of Simon Fraser University's new campus in the heart of Vancouver's impoverished and turbulent Downtown
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For the Times/Artangel commissions, we proposed to build a 50-metre section of concrete ‘flyover’ in Green Park, London. Emerging from the trees would have been an imposing and apparently purposeful structure, a sweeping arc supported on tall piers. Y
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For the Times/Artangel commissions, we proposed to build a 50-metre section of concrete ‘flyover’ in Green Park, London. Emerging from the trees would have been an imposing and apparently purposeful structure, a sweeping arc supported on tall piers. Y
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Ann Daly
adaly@aya.yale.edu
BUILDING DRAWING I: “THE LITTLE EASE”
Room within a room within a room. Smallest internal room is a plywood box, upright, approx. 6.5 ft tall and 3ft. wide. This internal box is drilled with 'viewholes' at various po
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Ann Daly
adaly@aya.yale.edu
BUILDING DRAWING I: “THE LITTLE EASE”
Room within a room within a room. Smallest internal room is a plywood box, upright, approx. 6.5 ft tall and 3ft. wide. This internal box is drilled with 'viewholes' at various po
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The frozen Plattenbau in Eisenhüttenstadt - Karl Kilian
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The frozen Plattenbau in Eisenhüttenstadt
A short history of Eisenhüttenstadt of ‘first socialist city on German soil’
Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border to Poland. While the communist ae
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The frozen Plattenbau in Eisenhüttenstadt
A short history of Eisenhüttenstadt of ‘first socialist city on German soil’
Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border to Poland. While the communist ae
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William Livingstone house Detroit Project 2010 submitted to United States Artists Projects - Vincent Johnson
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The project I am engaged in is the production of a three-foot tall sculpture on a table-top of the collapsed William Livingstone house in Detroit. This is important to me as it represents a metaphorical revisiting of my past, as this Detroit home represen
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The project I am engaged in is the production of a three-foot tall sculpture on a table-top of the collapsed William Livingstone house in Detroit. This is important to me as it represents a metaphorical revisiting of my past, as this Detroit home represen
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Minaret Project
‘What is absolutely crucial for me is the relationship between the work, a real work in real space, and the body. One can hardly discuss a project’s impact on the public sphere if the project is not physically there, if everyone onl
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Minaret Project
‘What is absolutely crucial for me is the relationship between the work, a real work in real space, and the body. One can hardly discuss a project’s impact on the public sphere if the project is not physically there, if everyone onl
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Hall of Residence for the UPV - Taller Basico de Arquitectura [TBA]
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Hall of Residence for the UPV (2011)
AIR STRATA
This metal cloud made from three air strata rises on its own footprint. The interior is opened into two equal halves, generating a large interior street opened to the sky and to the ground plane, which
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Hall of Residence for the UPV (2011)
AIR STRATA
This metal cloud made from three air strata rises on its own footprint. The interior is opened into two equal halves, generating a large interior street opened to the sky and to the ground plane, which
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wall installation
variable dimensions
water pain on wall and oil on paper transfered on wooden tables (26 x 19 cm each element)
The project consists of a large installation that runs on the walls, creating a visually stunning work of able to relate g
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wall installation
variable dimensions
water pain on wall and oil on paper transfered on wooden tables (26 x 19 cm each element)
The project consists of a large installation that runs on the walls, creating a visually stunning work of able to relate g
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