new york NEW YORK
landscapes of quarantine
mar 10 2010 – apr 17 2010
opening reception: tuesday, march 9, 7pm
group exhibition exploring the spaces of quarantine, from level 4 biocontainment labs to underground nuclear waste repositories.
curated by: future plural
geoff MANAUGH, bldgblog
nicola TWILLEY, edible geography
designed by:
glen CUMMINGS, mtwtf
new york NEW YORK
ENVELOPES
march 5 – may 5, 2010
“envelopes,” will explore new and sustainable potentials of the architectural surface in terms of the skin of a building and also as a sensorial space that envelops the body. “envelopes” will feature full-scale, interactive models accompanied by architectural renderings in the form of drawings and computer animations, and documentation of the process of investigation into these models from eight international firms and designers.
lexington KENTUCKY
experimental trickster, weaving a web of satirical relationships around the world of contemporary architecture, jimenez LAI states the following about his work.
fiction is the impetus of architecture, and architecture is one of the most powerful representations of culture. more specifically, the source of my work comes from interpreting taste, look, and trends. through acts of re-imagining fictional scenarios based on exaggerations of current practical and academic patterns, we can studiously investigate the alternate worlds and unexpected implications about architecture and urbanism.
new york NEW YORK
pier 94
march 4-7, 2010
the armory show is america’s leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. in its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. every march, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make new york their destination during armory arts week.
image: susan COLLIS, rock bottom riser, 2007; mother-of-pearl gemstone
lexington KENTUCKY
X|A + UK @ LOT
03.05.10 – 03.21.10
splash is a collection of multiple, physical and virtual, prototypes materialized from an intensive formal series and structure of techniques. all displayed pieces in the gallery will reside in an existing completed location, a house; the thinking tank for all the pieces to emerge from according to its specific use and function.
detroit MICHIGAN
detroit experiences: robert frank photographs, 1955
march 3 – july 3, 2010
over 60 rare and many never-before-seen black-and-white photographs taken in detroit by legendary artist robert FRANK are the subject of this exhibition. the work was created while FRANK traveled throughout the united states in 1955 to take photographs for his ground-breaking book the americans, published in 1958.
new york NEW YORK
on display at laurence miller gallery until march 27
press release: laurence miller gallery is pleased to present hyper, an exhibition of 15 color photographs by the forty-eight year old french photographer denis DARZACQ. hyper refers to the new garish supermarkets in paris and rouen where consumer goods, brightly packaged and presented, make for a vivid and contemporary backdrop for his pictures. darzacq brings street dancers, mostly young men and women in their late teens and early twenties into these stores and asks them to perform their leaps, jumps, twirls, and other gravity-defying movements. the photographs explore the tension between being and having, between the human body and the built environment. they offer a fresh, witty and intensely colorful commentary on global consumerism and freedom of spirit.
london UNITED KINGDOM
unconventional computing & architecture
friday 26 february, 9.00am – 6.00pm
this one-day conference explores new materials for architectural practice in the 21st century. international architects and scientists will explore the decision-making properties of matter and how this may be applied to create increasingly life-like buildings.
new york NEW YORK
in “ufo (unified fashion objectives),” albert WATSON unveils a collection of his best fashion photographs from 40 years as one of the world’s leading artists in the field. selected from his massive archives, WATSON presents some of his most well-known fashion work alongside images that have never been presented to the public before.
columbus OHIO
michael SPEAKS / university of kentucky
5:30 pm / knowlton 250
february 24th
michael speaks is professor of architecture and dean of the college of design at the university of kentucky. speaks is former director of the graduate program and founding director of the metropolitan research and design postgraduate program at the southern california institute of architecture in los angeles. he was also the founding editor of the cultural journal polygraph and a former editor at architecture new york and a+u (tokyo), and currently serves as a contributing editor for architectural record.
