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Jules Spinatsch

Highlights, C-Prints montés sur bois, éd 12 ex, 30 x 22 cm chacun, 2005



Temporary Discomfort II Activist, Corso Italia, 2001, C-Print, éd 7 ex, 80 x 100 cm, 2001



Temporary Discomfort II Palazzo Ducale, Congress Center G8, 2001,
C-Print, éd 7 ex, 80 x 100 cm, 2001



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Tape, Genoa July 2001, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone B Sector 16/8, NYC 2002, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7





Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone B Sector 27/12, NYC 2002, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone B Sector 10/12, NYC 2002, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone B Sector 15/1, NYC 2002, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone B Sector 21/6, NYC 2002, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone B Sector 28/10, NYC 2002, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone C UBS1, NYC 2002, C-print 40/50cm Ed.5


Temporary Discomfort III, World Economic Forum, Zone C Citi Bank Corp., NYC 2002, C-print 40/50cm Ed.5



Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Davos Valley with Congress Center, January 2001, C-print 100/120cm Ed. 5



Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Driver/Bodyguard No. 1, January 2001, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No.1, Evian/Geneva, June 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 22, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 2, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 4, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 9, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 8, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 7, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 5, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Antilogo No. 11, Evian/Geneva 2003, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Piazza J.F Kennedy 1, Genoa, July 2001, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort V, G8 Summit, Piazza J.F Kennedy 2, Genoa, July 2001, C-print 80/100cm Ed.7



Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Hotspot No. 4, Davos, January 2001, C-print 24/30cm Ed.3


Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Hotspot No. 6, Davos, January 2001, C-print 24/30cm Ed.3


Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Hotspot No. 7, Davos, January 2001, C-Print 24/30cm Ed.3



Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Kurpark No. 1, Davos, January 2001, C-print 80/100cm Ed. 3



Temporary Discomfort I, World Economic Forum, Kurpark No. 2, Davos, January 2001, C-print 80/100cm Ed.3



Temporary Discomfort IV, Discontinuous panorama (detail), Davos, January 2003, Position C/1



Temporary Discomfort IV, Installation view, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich-CH 23.1 - 13.2. 2003. World Economic Forum. Live discontinuous panorama composed of 1446 still shots over 6 days. See the photographer’s website for details.

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Len Culture international online magazine of contemporary photography. Visit:

http://www.lensculture.com/spinatsch.html

to see these photos along with an essay about Jules Spinatsch, and LISTEN to an audio interview with the photograher who explains his ideas behind these photos. The CONTEXT is important to full appreciation.

Sincerely,

Jim Casper, editor of Len Culture
© Copyright 2001-2004 Jules Spinatsch

DEAD GOOD MARKETING

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For production companies finding new ways of showcasing directors is a head-scratcher at the best of times, but for New York's Idealogue and RSA affiliate Little Minx, it's all turned out to be hi-tech childsplay.
The idea of dragging the early 1900s parlour game Exquisite Corpse into the 21st century and applying it to the very small screen of personal media players is spawning an ongoing series of scripts and films, with a different director picking up where the other left off.

The concept was thought up by Jacqueline Bosnjak and Mark Beukes, founders and guardians of Idealogue, the new media entertainment studio best known for creating the adidas adicolor podcasts which this year won a yellow Pencil in the viral films category at the D&AD Awards.

The concept of an interconnected, content driven and non-linear film series made specifically for download to iPhones, iPods and Sony PSPs, which would not only entertain, but give directors the chance to stretch their imaginations, appealed to Little Minx. Bosnjak and Beukes recall: "We met with [Little Minx founder] Rhea [Scott]. She was extremely excited about experimenting with new narrative styles and offering her directors the opportunity to create engaging and compelling stories and content."

With everyone on the same page it was decided that the starting point for the project would be the Exquisite Corpse movie poster created by British designer David Pearson. From this director Laurent Briet kicked off the chain which so far boasts fellow Little Minx directors Chris Nelson, Malik Hassan Sayeed, Josh Miller and Phillip Van, with more directors lined up to pick up the story as it ends.

The Exquisite Corpse begins on October 1 and will continue with fortnightly instalments available from the Little Minx website.

FRANK BARKOW + JURGEN MAYER ARCHITECTURE / TALK

FRANK BARKOW + JURGEN MAYER H

Geological Society

Monday 1 October [6:30 - 8pm]

Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1 T:020.7434.9944 Tube: Piccadilly Circus

Two young Berlin-based architects come together for this Royal Academy of Arts architecture lecture entitled Contemporary German Architects. They have spoken together many times in places ranging from Berkeley to Copenhagen, so the chemistry promises to be easy even if the facade-driven, organic and materials-loving architecture is not so simple. Jurgen Mayer H, the co-designer of the Serpentine Pavilion 2007 with Kjetil Thorsen (whose firm Snohetta recently lost the Turner Contemporary commission to David Chipperfield Architects), and Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger Architects will each present a series of projects and discuss how their works combines art and architecture. If you're in the mood to see what's coming out of Berlin (a city which provides more heat and light for architecture than London does, and whose consumption of cranes is yet higher), it's a must-see.

NB: on 22/10 (6:30pm) also at the Geological Society catch another architectural lecture entitled New Tendencies In German Architecture with Nikolaus Hirsch, Jan Liesegang and Matthias Sauerbruch.

Danfoss Universe, Nordburg, Denmark (2005-2007)



Danfoss Universe, Nordburg, Denmark (2005-2007)




Mensa Hall, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany (2005-2007)



Mensa Hall, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany (2005-2007)



Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain (2005-2008/9)



Court of Justice, Hasselt, Belgium (2005-2010)

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robin rhode at haus der kunst munich

robin rhode at haus der kunst munich




Robin Rhode, Untitled (Street Light), 2006, © Robin Rhode


Press release:

In baseball, a team immediately leaves the playing field following a walk off home run. For Robin Rhode the walk off is the last painting in a series or the last line of a drawing, the thing that sets the tone for the entire work. With this final line or painting, he releases the viewer from the work or series.


Robin Rhode, Candle, 2007 (Filmstill) © Robin Rhode

Robin Rhode draws a candle and tries to blow it out; he paints a bicycle and tries to move it; he sits down in front of a white wall and plays the drums, which he has painted in black paint on that very wall. This combination of drawing and performance is characteristic of his work. The artist also photographs or films himself during these actions, from either above or frontally. His means of expression thus also include, in addition to performance, photographic series, slide projections, digital animation and films.


Robin Rhode, Wheel of Steel, 2006, © Robin Rhode

Robin Rhode was born in Cape Town in 1976. He belongs to a generation of post apartheid artists that "very quickly took care of herself without waiting for the approval of the previous generation, that of its teachers," as Thomas Boutoux stated. Rhode attended film school following the completion of his studies in fine arts at Witwatersrand Technikon in Johannesburg. In 1997 he began to integrate objects in his works that he drew in chalk on walls or floors. For the artist, chalk is a material that is associated with memory: "Chalk was stolen from the classroom and the senior boys would draw elementary objects, such as candles and bicycles, directly onto the walls of the toilets. The younger pupil was then forced to interact with the drawn object, either trying to blow out the candle or to ride the bicycle." (Robin Rhode, 2005)







Robin Rhodes, The Storyteller, 2006 (Videostill)

A Proposal for a UN Playground

Andrew Raimist, of Architectural Ruminations, has some terrific images of Isamu Noguchi's unbuilt UN playground uploaded to his Flickr account here.

On the unrealized project, Raimist writes: “Noguchi designed this playground for a portion of the United Nations complex on the East River in New York. The project was to be privately funded and located on property given a special international diplomatic designation. Nevertheless, Robert Moses (the authoritarian director of public works for the City of New York) was able to get the project canceled. Moses was Noguchi's arch-nemisis in NYC having ridiculed his design for Play Mountain back in 1933. He continued to thwart any public park of Noguchi's design from ever being constructed in New York. I believe Moses criticized this design as 'dangerous' and little more than a 'rabbit warren'.”

A UN playground is anything but for children and innocent play, it would seem.



Meanwhile, Raimist has uploaded images playground equipment models, also designed by Noguchi.



And a few images of another unbuilt project, the Memorial to the Dead of Hiroshima, which Raimist discusses in three excellent posts. Go see.



For these and other projects, it's best to buy Isamu Noguchi: A Study of Space by Ana Maria Torres.

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