The Vandenberg Life Below the Surface
Via [Neatorama] & [keysnews]

Tokujin Yoshioka says:

Time Art

Cartier creates time in an endless pursuit of beauty. The perfect harmony instilled by Cartier’s craftsmen refines time itself to an art.

Time
Like light, wind, scent, and air, we can neither see time nor hold it, yet its beautiful rhythm beats throughout each day of our lives.

In today’s material world, time has value.
The important thing is experience.
Experience nurtures time. It is the ground on which we grow.
Each memory takes seed in the heart, and the stream of time flows on.

A long history and avant-garde ideas for the future.

Cartier’s unique beauty comes from the merging of these two extremes.
The space, with 3D films depicting the mechanism of the watch, will wrap around the heats of visitors.
I hope their experience here will implant Cartier’s new timebeat in each life.

+Tokujin Yoshioka
+ museum-bellerive.ch

Orrico says:

“I marvel at the composition of nature and cycles. I am not versed in the convergence of art and mathematics or sciences, but find myself instinctually attracted to this relationship. I try to dilute my efforts and find an experiential point of entrance. I like to experiment with both embodied and cognitive systems that yield beauty. my favorite art is somewhat accidental and overwhelmingly concise.”

Tony Orrico

Michael Petermann, a classically trained musician and conductor, has put together an ingenious musical ‘orchestra’ made entirely out of vintage electric appliances. ‘The Stupid Orchestra‘ is made out of mixers, vacuum cleaners and washing machines, all built between 1940 and 1975. Performing every hour on the hour at the MKG Hamburg until April 30th, the orchestra runs on an electronic control system of Petermann’s design, meaning Petermann doesn’t have to conduct his electrical orchestra himself.

Blödes Orchester from white tube on Vimeo.

Tara Donovan is known for her landscape-like installations made from common everyday materials such as pencils, cut electrical cable, and plastic cups.

Pace Gallery

Photographer Bence Máté snapped this amazing shot in Costa Rica. He writes:

I was photographing hummingbirds when I heard the sharp, alarming noise of the birds reacting to the presence of a predator. Sixty feet away from me this green-crowned brilliant was fearlessly attacking a small viper. The long shutter speed and shallow depth of field made it difficult to make an image with both animals sharp. This encounter was one of the most interesting ones I had ever seen, and I quickly set up two flashes to increase the light and shutter speed, using one flash fired from the background and another from the camera.

This image was among the winners of the 2010 Nature’s Best Photography Competition. It and other winners will be on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. starting in April.
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Designer Amaury Gallon was sponsored by the Dutch Flower Council to create unique bubble gardens that offer passersby a bit of respite from their concrete environments. The designer created four bubble sanctuaries, each with a different environmental inspiration. One of the gardens hosts a jungle, while the other features hundreds of orchids woven into metal structure that wraps around the igloo-shaped structures. Serving as walk-in greenhouses, the structures were part of an exhibition called the “Ma Bulle, Ma Plante, & Moi.”

Ma Bulle, Ma Plante & Moi
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Electric wires climb the white walls, following not a casual pattern, but a defined one, after an accurate study of the growth of the ivy. Black lines design organic forms; branches form which unusual flowers blossom: conical speakers of various dimensions. A previously defined sound scape is given forth by some of these peculiar buds which acts as a background to the acoustic improvisation, determined instead by the human presence. Every noise is being captured by a series of microphones and random samples are taken in real time by a custom designed software, and rendered back through the speakers. Voices, steps, movements, nourish the installation. The totally synthetic sound, generated by this technological parasite creates however the illusion of being in a natural environment. A psycho acoustic journey, in which nothing stands still; everything is being transformed in an unstoppable and impromptu process of metamorphism. An experience which through multisensory stimulation creates a relation between man and technology, hypothesizing not only a peaceful coexistence of the two elements, but even an Eco-sustainable hybridization, reinforced by the use of recycled materials.

Milan’s Light Exhibition Design (LED) Festival 2010

Positioned on a 1m high podium, 152 tanks have been ornately arranged to create a light room installation constructed purely from arches. Two industrial containers placed at opposing ends of the podium host the bars, DJ & VJ. The illuminated water tanks are wrapped around the containers and extend into a tunnel of archways each separated by a symmetrical distance. Beneath the archways, visitors have the cozy feeling of being in a room finding shelter under the illuminated kubik ceiling whilst simultaneously the room remains open to its surroundings & visitors.

kubik wien creates interactive picture frames and doorways to the stunning architecture that the city presents.
Open for a temporary period of time kubik challenges the cities use of public spaces setting the discussion of how modern temporary design & architecture can compliment the ornate, historical Viennese architecture without trying to compete with it. We aim to offer the citizens of Vienna a new perspective on the use and appreciation of their city by giving them a new way to enjoy their space in the seasonal party period.
kubik will close with what promises to be a spectacular New Years Eve party, teasing in 2011.

Cube Light, which will be shown at MISA SHIN GALLERY, is the largest volume made in the chandelier series, and the first that has been in the shape of a cube. It is one of several of Ai’s works that have been reminiscent of the minimalist art made by the likes of Sol LeWitt and Donald Judd. Ai settled on the plan to make Cube Light almost immediately after seeing the space and floor plan of MISA SHIN GALLERY. Ai described the space as “a room for one light” as the size of the space fit perfectly with the volume of the cube light. We hope very much you will come and appreciate the delicate light emitting from the artwork as it illuminates a gallery that retains reminders of its previous life as a factory.

Ai Weiwei was born in Beijing in 1957. In 1979, during the dawn of China’s now burgeoning contemporary art scene, Ai set out on the path of an artist with his involvement in the establishment of Xingxing (The Stars), the first avant-garde art group to be formed since the Cultural Revolution. Between 1981 and 1993, Ai lived and worked in the United States. Nowadays, Ai is based in Beijing, where his activities span myriad domains, including art, architecture, design and social activism. His works of conceptual art, which tend to contain cutting insights into society, have won critical acclaim around the world.

A lecture by the artist is planned during the exhibition. Details about that event will be announced when they are finalized.

MISA SHIN GALLERY is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition, Ai Weiwei’s “Cube Light,” commencing Friday, November 19, 2010, and continuing until Saturday, January 29, 2011.

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A tree was chosen as a departing point as we universally can identify with.  Throughout ages tree has been the most primitive form of a shelter, garden, and, most importantly, our companion.  With human innovation and intervention, a tree has been contributing to our lives taking a different form, from a simple paper sheet to a complex house. Every fruit, flower and leaf that bears from tree symbolizes a change and hope for tomorrow. But, even a strong standing tree is frail. If not taken care properly we may eventually cease its presence.

Hope Tree installation invites viewers to experience their surrounding environment anew through a single tree and a space that bears from it.

Find more information at Dezeen x Design Association container competition winners 2010
Tokyo Designers Week 2010