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a personal collectionof curiosities

Stefano Mirtis

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Akademie Schloss Solitude

Triangulate

Here one of the several pieces exhibited by AlanWorn at Schloss Solitude's show.

This one is "Triangulate", here is the link:

http://www.alanworn.com/index.php?/ongoing/triangulate/http://www.alanworn.com

Very like!
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Art Center College of Design

Curious Rituals

Curious Rituals is a research project conducted atArt Center College of Design (Pasade na) in July-August 2012 by Nicolas Nova (The Near FutureLaboratory / HEAD-Genve), Katherine Miyake,Nancy Kwon and Walton Chiu from the mediadesign program.

This research project is about gestures, posturesand digital rituals that typically emerged with theuse of digital technologies (computers, mobilephones, sensors, robots, etc.): gestures such asrecalibrating your smartphone doing an horizontal8 sign with your hand, the swiping of wallet withRFID cards in public transports, etc.

Keep reading at: http://curiousrituals.wordpress.com/about/

Dowload the booklet at: http://curiousrituals.wordpress.com/
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Escola Aberta

Here is how the whole thing is explained in theirwebsite:

1. The Escola Aberta will be a temporary designschool based in Rio de Janeiro. Teachers andstudents of graphic design from the Gerrit RietveldAcademie (Amsterdam) will conduct a week ofworkshops, lectures and activities, aiming to ignitea discussion on ways of teaching and learning andto establish an exchange of ideas with Brazil.

2. Directed at students, young professionals andartists, masters and apprentices, the Escola Abertawill be free of charge and take place from the 6thtill the 11th of August, at the

Thanks to Manuel Boutet for sharing!
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Stuttgart

Peter Haury and His

Wotrwoerld

While staying at the lonely castle, one of thenicest people whom I met was Peter Haury (thanx

to Marlne Perronet ).

Too long to explain.

Here the description of one of his most incredible

projects, "Wotrwoerld":

Carioca Design Center, Tiradentes square.

Keep reading at: http://www.escola-aberta-rio.com/en/

Thanks to Giorgio and Alessandro Mininno for thelink...
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Over the course of the last six years "Dein Klub"(Your Club) an artists gathering in Stuttgart,Germany, has been producing W O T R W O E R LD. The project is a 136 minutes movie shot in theclub, that aims to achieve lip-synchronicity withthe 1995 Hollywood film epic that goes by thename of "Waterworld". The infamous Kevin Costnerproduction features Costner as mutant hero in apost apocalyptic science fiction scenario of meltedpolar ice caps. Waterworld was the mostexpensive feature film of its time but unlikeTitanic, its successor in this financial capacity, thefilm flopped at the box office.

Keep reading at: http://www.oberwelt.de/deinklub/index.php &

Some more explanations (in French) at: http://fugitif.eu/?p=594

Images above, one of the set use d t o produce thenew lip-synched version of Waterworld.

Now they are into Titanic. If you pass by inStuttgart, don't miss their weekly shooting session!
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Alan Worn's Triptych

Here another piece exhibited by Alan at Schlossshow.

Rarely I've seen such an intense and refinedresearch.

Here the full image set: http://www.alanworn.com/index.php?/ongoing/tryptic/

Here the essay coming along:

Making Meaning

Recently, I have been making a series of objectsthat explore perspective, appearance, colour, andcraft. They have been designed and built using acombination of analogue and digital methods, andhave been very much influenced by my backgroundas an architect.
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The forms of these objects developed fromabstract shapes and patterns, which I found I keptsketching in only subtly different guises: squares,combinations of triangles, and so on. Im not sureexactly what I found appealing, but the more Ithink about it the more I see repeated angles andproportions. Given my architectural background, itshould not be too surprising that I am interested inthe steps between two-dimensional drawings andthree-dimensional objects. There is always atension between these two the ideal and thereal.

One of the things I have tried to do through theseobjects is make idealised graphical forms visible,while also enjoying their contradictoryconstructions. Triangulated was designed arounda vision of an orange square. The object is in noway square, but that is what you can see if youstand in a specific spot, at a specific height andangle. I find it interesting that when we identifyrectilinear objects we always look past visualdistortion. We accept objects as having rightangles, though they are skewed to our eyes. Onlyin very specific circumstances can we truly see asquare.

Mounted on a customised surveyors tripod,Triangulated recalls instruments of measurementand surveying, which of course it is itself: in aback-to-front way, it requires your placement andmeasurement to be properly seen.

An image of two combined triangles forms thebasis of Triptych. Frontally, the geometry of thethree objects appears identical, though there isvariation in surface hue. Viewed obliquely, thevariation in geometry and further variety of huebecomes apparent. At a tight angle, reflections inthe surface are visible. I enjoy the variationbetween two-dimensional appearance and three-dimensional actuality.

In Blue Fold, colour works differently. A very

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dark blue, almost black, causes the object toappear singular and flat. Folds in the surface onlybecome apparent with the viewers movement. Itis only at this time, also, that light catching thesurface reveals the subtle blue hue.

Tension between the ideal and the real has beenvery apparent to me in the making of theseobjects. A lot of time and energy goes into makingthem look sharp, flat, and smooth. Some drawingand calculation is digital, and from this I produceworking drawings for fabrication. But the making isall by hand, with an accuracy of usually one to twomillimetres. Never a clean process, it is always ameans for reflection and realisation, withfrustration and changed plans. But this is whatmakes the making worthwhile, and gives it somemeaning. For me, the process itself is as importantas the end product.

Broadly speaking, I would say all making offersopportunities for both reflection and realisation.Much as the mind wanders often while walking,the mind often wanders when sanding. Usuallyvague feelings and thoughts slot into place as timeelapses. At other times, the physical propertiesand interactions of materials are encounteredalmost as metaphors for other areas of life. Theirworking requires patience and receptivity,awareness of pliability, weight, fit, deformation,and so on. Most of the realisations are the resultof very mundane actions. For example, recently Irealised that a wooden strip that formed one sideof a piece had warped ever so slightly after it wasclamped and glued. You wouldnt see it if youwere standing away, but you would if you put youreye to a corner and looked along the edge. Toremedy this, I filled in the areas that dipped andsanded down the surface using sandpaper taped toa block. It took me quite a while to realise thatthe filler, which was much harder than the wood,was causing me to sand into the wood. I wasgetting a straight edge, but not at the angle Iwanted. I then had

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to refill and level the surface before sanding downthe surface more slowly; forcing my hand to keepthe angle I wanted.

Doing something repetitive such as this, yourealise how the geometry and mechanics of yourbody make it very difficult to meet the idealisedimage. The curved sweep of your arm, my right,which makes a very slight but inevitabledifference to the sections you can sand, inevitablylimited by your reach and position, which need tobe blended together. Certainly, I can think ofexperiences in my personal life that these actionsand understandings help me see differently. Thework forces you to be patient, and to properlyappreciate the adage measure twice, cut once.While a physical and emotional process, it is alsovery much an interpersonal one. Procuringmaterials, learning from and sharing experiences,working through problems together, we get toexchange little pieces of understanding, and, in sodoing, forms of meaning.

For me, the purpose of these objects is to workwith, and understand a little better, therelationship between ideal, apparent, and actualconditions.

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Knitting and CraftingCollective

This Alan Worn, he does all kind of fabulousthings. To get in his website, and to get to talkwith him, is really a mind opener.

Here above one image of "Knitting and CraftingCollective":

Inquiry into an ornamental architecture of patternand colour, as applied surfaces, wrappings andcoverings, and as integrated tectonic strategies.

Appropriating an abandoned hotel, the communityindulges in obsessive crafting, repair andmaintenance. Their architecture is demanding;much of their time is spent polishing, repaintingand recovering creating ever more nuancedlayers of ornamentation, invested with personalmeaning and significance.
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Carmen Kuester'sPerformance.. .

Carmen is a trapeze's princess, a perfect designer,a performer, and many other things at once.

On the way to reinvent the idea of "circus" shemade this special performance at Schloss'exhibition.

Imagine the LV box closed, then the thing starts to

open, a little by little... (wish you were here).

More at:http://www.la-trapezista.de/http://www.carmenraffaela.eu/

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Performance!

The invite said:

The visitors of the opening are asked to bring anobject of their choice. It should be an object thatthey like and that has a special meaning to them.The designers will also provide 10 to 12 objectseach which will be presented and later on offeredfor exchange. All in all about 120 objects will beclassified into different categories.

The visitors can choose one of the categories, butthey won't know concretely for which object theywill trade their own. While the objects are beingpreprared, the visitors can get familiar with thevarious other design projects on view. At the endof the evening the exchange takes place. Allobjects brought by the visitors remain part of theexhibition.

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An Object to Be Given inOrder to Get Something Back

Thanx to Sybille Neumeyer , now we have a shortvideo on the performance we did at SolitudeCastle.

http://vimeo.com/56850336

Thanx to Marlne Perronet , Thomas Thwaites ,Apparatus 22, Lisa Schreiber (and, of course,Sybille herself!)
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Siracusa - Orecchio Di Dioniso

A Spe cial Pl ace...

The name of the cave was coined in 1586 by thepainter Caravaggio. It refers to the tyrantDionysius I of Syracuse . According to legend(possibly one c reated by Carav aggio), Dionysiusused the cave as a prison for political dissidents,and by means of the perfect acousticseavesdropped on the plans and secrets of hiscaptives.

Another more gruesome legend claims thatDionysius carved the cave in its shape so that itwould amplify the screams of prisoners beingtortured in it. Unfortunately, the sound focusingeffect can no longer be heard because access tothe focal point is no longer possible.

Keep reading at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_of_Dionysius

Thanks to Luca Marullo for the link.
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Alia

Anoth er (Ve ry) Special Place

The caves Gurfa in Alia (Palermo) are example of awise Sicilian architecture and a sacred sanctuaryof the Mediterranean.

The caves Gur fa are an unsolv ed mystery thathiding among the stones and in large excavated byman with arts and excellent technique.

The legend has it that the caves Gurfa were usedin medieval time by the Teutonic Knights.

But now, new theories are trying to understand ifthe main tholos of these caves is Minos' tomb

More on Minos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinosMore on Gurfa caves (in Italian): http://www.assarca.com/grotte_gulfa.asp

Thanks to Pamela Ferri for the links.
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Segrate Mondadori

Was this the best he everdid?

After the number of Mondadori employees jumpedto 3,000 in 1965 from 335 in 1950, the companydecided to construct a new headquarters on theoutskirts of Milan in the town of Segrate, near tothe citys Linate airport and the motorway toVerona.

In 1968, Giorgio Mondadori, Arnoldos son andchairman of the publishing house, decided to hireBrazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer for thebuilding, three years after admiring the ForeignMinistry (Palcio Itamaraty) he designed inBrasilia. The plan for the new head office wouldbe a kind of architectural advert, as Niemeyertermed it, a building that doesnt need to beidentified by a sign but is impressed in peoplesmemory.

Keep reading at:
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Lunuganga Estate

Geoffrey Bawa

Interesting conversation going on in the GT group.Lots of different ways to look to glob alarchitecture.Giacomo Piraz Pirazzoli referred to GeoffreyBawa.

Here Lunuganga, one of the world's poshest hotels(The world's most st ylish new destination, GQMagazine, UK - 2005).

Here the link to this fancy hotel: http://www.footfallsinsrilanka.com.au/hotels/lunuganga/

http://www.mondadori.com/Group/Headquarters/Architect ure

Thanks to Evelyn Leveghi for the links.
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Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice

Always nice to see it again.

Duchamp's Bote-en-valise, or box in a suitcase, isa portable miniature monograph including sixty-nine reproductions of the artist's own work.Between 1935 and 1940, he created a deluxeed ition of twenty boxes, each in a brown leathercarrying case b ut with slight variati ons in designand content.

Keep reading at: http://www.moma.org/.../muse/artist_pages/duchamp_boite.html

If the GT goes up and down the Italian boots, theplace where we should go to see one of the boxesis Venice at Guggenheim Foundation. By

Here the link to Geoffrey Bawa website: http://www.geoffreybawa.com/
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Palazzo Dei Congressi

Mastroianni meets Libera.

I keep sharing links from the GT atlas

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the way, it should be a special one because rumorssay that the original concep t was made by MarcelDuchamp especially for Peggy Guggenheim.

Thanks to Daniele Mancini for reminding us aboutDuchamp.

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Hangzhou, China

Zhang Zeduan

Antonie Manolova writes me:

Rialto Bridge, Venice, Marco Polo and the works ofZhang Zeduan (early 12th century painter of

Palazzo dei Congressi is one of the best projects ofone of the best Italian architects ever (AdalbertoLibera). On top of it, you have a flabbergastingopen theatre.

A special stage chosen by Elio Petri as one of thekey moments of his "The 10th Victim".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ntCb6nglhU

Thanks to Giacomo Piraz Pirazzoli for the links.

More at: http://www.palazzocongressi.it/
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the Northern Song Dynasty) Are they connectedsomehow?

Does someone know?

Here some more about the fantastic ZhangZeduan:

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