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On the occasion of Timothy Hull’s exhibition “The Swarm of Possible Meanings Surrounding the Ancient Pyramids” at Chelsea-based gallery Freight + Volume, New York, VTV’s Correspondent Theodore Bouloukos speaks with Timothy Hull about ancient Egyptians, Pyramids and Archeology. Timothy Hull was born 1979 in New York, he lives and works in Warwick and Brooklyn, New [...]

Scion Space presents “Archive”, curated by Beautiful/Decay Magazine. “Supporting emerging and established artists since its conception, Beautiful/Decay brings together previously featured artists Aya Kato, Friends With You (formed by Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval), Jesse LeDoux, and Skwak to celebrate the convergence of art, design, music, and pop culture.” (B/D). Impressions from the opening night [...]

Flo Ortkrass, co-founder of Random International, talks about the design collective’s projects PixelRoller and Temporary Graffiti. From their London laboratory Random International operates in three main areas: “One-off, permanent and temporary installation pieces and performance tools; Limited Edition objects and installation series; Concept, Product and Interaction Design development for mass-manufacture. In all areas they search [...]

This video documents the final stage and the formal handover of Zurich-based artist Navid Tschopp’s work “Topologische Agenda – Der Weg zum Master”. One of the artists we met when we covered the Master of Fine Arts Degree Show 2010 in Zürich was Navid Tschopp. The project he presented as his Master thesis was created [...]

CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo launches its program of activities for 2009 with exhibition Bestué / Vives: Cisnes y Ratas (Swans and Rats). David Bestué and Marc Vives present two installations: Acciones en el Universo (Actions in the Universe) and their latest work, La Confirmación (The Confirmation). The show also comprises a documentation [...]

The Drawing Center presents Yona Friedman: About Cities (Feb. 24 – April 7, 2007), an exhibition of work by the Hungarian-French architect and artist, who, despite significant reputation in Europe, has never had a solo exhibition in the United States. Showcasing both Friedman’s urban-sociological concerns and his urban-design innovations, the exhibition introduces his work to [...]

Zaha Hadid Architecture – Projects and Built Work at the Architectural Museum Basel. No. 2 in VTV’s REMIX series. Video showing impressions from the opening of the exhibition. Architekturmuseum Basel / Switzerland. September 9, 2005, Click image or this link to watch video.

Coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, the collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz opened the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space in Miami’s Design District. The new space houses the personal collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and serves as an extension of their home. The three-story, [...]

Madelon Vriesendorp is a Dutch artist best known as one of the co-founders of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture in the early 1970s (together with Rem Koolhaas and Elia and Zoe Zenghelis). She is most famous for the painting “Flagrant Delit” which was the cover illustration of Delirious New York, the book that Rem Koolhaas [...]

Jenny Holzer created a site-specific light projection for the newly renovated facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in New York. The Guggenheim Museum commissioned the piece to mark the completion of the museums’s three-year restoration project. Jenny Holzer’s work, entitled “For the Guggenheim” will be on display from dusk to 11 pm every Friday [...]

Design Miami/ Basel runs concurrently with Art Basel. The first edition of the fair in Basel featured 17 galleries exhibiting modern to contemporary museum-quality design. “Design Miami/ Basel endeavors to do for design what Art Basel has done for contemporary art, bringing together the best collectors, connoisseurs, artists and designers from around the world in [...]

At the Designers’ Saturday more than forty companies, including highly regarded institutions and designers from the world of international interior decor, exhibited at six attractive locations in Langenthal / Switzerland. The setting of the exhibitions – sandwiched in between manufacturing plant – is a unique feature, making Designers’ Saturday a very special experience. Langenthal, November [...]

Design Miami/ Basel takes place in a new venue, the Markthalle Basel, which is the largest dome in Europe and a local landmark with over 6,000m2 of floor space. The participating gallerists have collaborated with architects, designers and artists to create unique exhibition spaces within the Markthalle. Design Miami/ Basel 2007. > Click image to [...]

Ambra Medda, co-founder and director of Design Miami/ Basel talks about the success of the new design fair, the popularity of historic and contemporary design and why the fair choose Basel as second location for the fair. Interview with Ambra Medda, Design Miami/ Basel, June 12, 2006. > Click image to watch quicktime video in [...]

“Luigi Colani is a great maverick of 20th Century design. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has placed organic design firmly on the contemporary agenda, producing biodynamic designs for cars, boats, planes, ceramics, consumer goods, as well as creating alternative futuristic concepts for the design of transport and architecture. A powerful influence on [...]