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archdiploma 09
The best works of the diploma projects of the faculty of architecture and urban design of the university of technology vienna are to visit right now at the kunsthalle vienna – project space karlsplatz. The vernissage is free available till the 30th of October 2009.
The archdiploma is held every second year. The book with all project is avaliable right now!
EXPO 2010 Shanghai – Austria
Next year the EXPO will open its doors in Shanghai, China on the first of May 2010. Six months it will be possible to visit pavilions and exhibitions of 186 different nations and 41 international organisations. The host expects more than 70 million visitors till the 31st of October 2010 from hole over the world. The EXPO is in the center of Shanghai and has an area of 5.28 square kilometers.
Austria will participate with a pavilion designed by the Viennese Architecture Studio Arge SPAN & ZEYTINOGLU. The dynamic and abstract form of the building, the red and white porcelain cladding and the multimedia based visuals inside are the highlights of the 2000 square meters big Austrian contribution to the world exhibition 2010.
Normally it is possible to rent an exhibition area for rich industry countries but this year not. Cause of this it will be one of the biggest participation of Austria at such an event. All together it will cost around 16 million Euros.
Inside of the pavilion the visitor makes a journey through the variegated nature and culture of Austria. The VIP – lounge is in the first level of the pavilion. Hosts and guests of economy, culture and politics will meet their Chinese partners in this part. A restaurant will serve Austrian specialities to its guests and visitors. Beside live – events of Austrian artists and musicians small interventions are planed.
http://www.expoaustria.at/
http://en.expo2010.cn/
photos with 6 months exposure time
The British photographer Justin Quinnell made this experiment with his pinhole camera and got fascinating images. It was not easy to install the cameras and make the resistant against all environmental impacts. Not all of his cameras survived six months of rain, hail, wind and heat. Quinnell says, some of them have been full of water and others even have been buried by soil.
Justin Quinnell is a professional pinhole camera photograph. He is teaching at universities throughout the UK and is part time lecturer at the Falmouth University.
http://www.pinholephotography.org/
copyright by justin quinnell
acropolis museum – athens, greece
The new Acropolis Museum spontaneous of the temple hill in Athens, Greece was opened last week. The building was planned by the Swiss-French architect Bernard Tschumi and costed around € 130 million.
“Unlike other exhibition halls, which are usually very introverted in the area around, the Acropolis museum opens to the city deliberately” explains the director of the museum Dimitris Pandermalis.
The original plans have been made by the Italian architects Manfredi Nicoletti and Lucio Passarelli. After starting with the new building a lot of streets and walls of the seventh century were found. Cause of the ignorance of the two architects to integrate the antique constructions into their plans, the competition had to be done a second time in 2001.
Originally to habitants of Athens have been against the new and very modern museum but after the realisation, there is a very high acceptance to it.
“The building is a dialogue between antiquity and present” says Tschumi about his newest creation.
linz 09 – yellow house “Bellevue”
Linz 09 opens the “Yellow House” on the top of the highway tunnel at the exit “Linz”. The house is built out of simple wooden boards. The Linz 09 project opened its doors today. A house full of culture and a meeting point for people of Linz and from the whole world should it be. The wooden house called “Bellevue” will be a place for: dance and cooking events, will give place for a restaurant, a bicycle rental, a library and more.
kodak stops production of kodachrome
After 74 years the us-company Eastman Kodak stops the production of the worldwide first commercial and successful colour slide “Kodachrome”. The digital photography has displaced the classic analogue one. During the 50s and 60s Kodak made its chief business with the film reels.
The photojournalist Steve McCurry, who did with the film a highly regarded portrait of an Afghan refugee girl in 1985, was asked to expose the really last Kodachrome reel.
The concern promised that there will be further products for photographers who do not want to use digital cameras.
53rd biennale
The 53rd time the Biennale in Venice, Italy is going to open its doors on Sunday, the 7th of June 2009. This year 90 artists of 77 countries are showing their works. The motto of this year is “Fare Mondi” (bulding worlds). It is possible to visit the exhibitions till the 22nd of November 2009.
King Sonja of Norway is watching the work of the Danish artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset
designpfad 2009
The eleventh time the DESIGNPFAD will take place in Vienna from the 17th of June till the 20th of June 2009. This year three districts, the 4th, 7th and 8th are involved.
The topic this years are the dimensions of the process of increasing international interdependence and its implications, but also subjective and individual positions.
During the three days it is possible to visit for free 40 different stations where Viennese artists open their ateliers and studios but also galleries will open and will show works. You will see installations, performances, fashion, Ceramic, Lamps, furniture, industrial design, graphic design, photography and a lot more.
megan lewis – conversations with the mob
The new exhibition of Megan Lewis – Conversation with the Mob in the gallery “Westlicht” in Vienna is free avaliable on Sunday, 17th of May 2009 with a actual print-out of the newspaper “derstandard“.
If you want to visit the exhibition for free just buy “derstandard” from the 15th of May 2009 and take it with you.