Archiculture

Our buddies over at SOFTlab are gearing up to install and open their latest piece at the bridgegallery in the LES on August 26th. They cleverly used a Kickstarter pledge drive to raise the final $5,000 necessary for completion. We’ll be sure to be there opening night and hope you are to. By the way you can still get your name on one of the panels with a $5 donation!

Check this video for some of SOFTlab’s other work.

This footage by Jean Painlevé is just beautiful!

Thanks for the tip Christine.

Hurry!  Dennis Hopper’s House just went on the market for a cool $6.245 Million.  The 15,500 sq. ft. complex includes a main house, 3 two-story condominiums a pool house and a guest cottage.  The main home was designed by Brian Murphy and the condominiums by Frank Gehry.  If you can’t afford the entire package, you can buy into the condos separately.  The house is said to have served as a source for artistic creativity and output from both actors and artist.

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this installation by artist Mike Bouchet was once on the water, then sunk in the 53rd Biennial in Venice.  he then dug out the softened remains to create his installation in the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt.

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Here is a screenshot of the Mac Edition of Autocad.

KAWS Museum Exhibit Opening from Paper Fortress on Vimeo.

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Just yesterday, Bidoun opened up a storefront location on Orchard Street in Chinatown.   The non-profit collective, mostly known for it’s publication on Middle Eastern art and Culture, now has a physical location.  I imagine they will be hosting a few lectures and exhibitions so keep it on your radar.

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As I sit here and watch two random people install windows in our studio, I can help but question the security of our valuables.  I recall some of my childhood friends having safety boxes installed into their suburban homes, but what about the office, or your studio?  That is where YiTing Cheng’s Secret Stash comes into play.

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Some amazing images from concept artist, Bastien Grivet.

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The Second Sun was selected as the winner of the Chicago’s Mind the Gap competition.  The competition asked designers to come up with a temporary use for the Chicago Spire, a Caltrava designed skyscraper that was excavated but never built.  The design calls for an oversized hot air balloon that would playfully rise and fall in the Chicago Skyline.  The hot air balloon is somehow attached to a swimming pool that would be lifted into the air with the balloon.  I’m not really sure, see for yourself.