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The British artist duo John Wood and Paul Harrison present a series of short videos, drawings and text prints at Von Bartha Garage in Basel, Switzerland. The works on display date from the years 1993 to 2009. The works center around making space perceptible and making sense of the world. The range from funny to [...]

In this video by VernissageTV correspondent Ania Ejsmont Pawel Janicki tells us about his recent installation, Oceanus. This work is an approach to non-linear narration. The idea of the work, on the levels of structure and story, refers to the concept of navigating the sea. Oceanus is inspired by medieval text Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis [...]

Berlin-based artist Sophie Erlund deals with the central theme of transition; social transition translated into physical objects through the use of architecture and space. For the booth of PSM Sabine Schmidt Gallery in the New Contemporaries section of Art Cologne 2012, Sophie Erlund conceived new works: a hanging kinetic sculpture with sound (Primordial Eternity), a [...]

SEO was born as Soo-Kyoung Seo in Gwangju / Korea in 1977. After attending the Gwangju School of Arts and studies at Cho-sun University in Gwangju, she moved to Berlin, Germany in 2001 to study with Prof. Georg Baselitz at Universität der Künste UdK. From 2003 to 2004 she was Masterstudent of Georg Baselitz. SEO [...]

With “William Leavitt: Theater Objects” the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles presents the first solo museum exhibition of the work of Los Angeles-based artist William Leavitt. The retrospective at MOCA Grand Avenue surveys William Leavitt’s 40-year career and includes paintings, photographs, works on paper, performances, and installations from the late 1960s to [...]

Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part [...]

The Kunsthaus in Bregenz / Austria explores the architectural work of Ai Weiwei with a solo show titled Art / Architecture. While not as widely presented as his artistic oeuvre, Ai Weiwei’s work in the field of architecture is extremely important for the artist because of the collaborative – that is social and political – [...]

At The Armory Show 2009 Wetterling Gallery showed two documentary videos and a digital rendering introducing a large installation called Big Bambú by the artists Mike and Doug Starn. The Starns’ Big Bambú is an artwork in the realm of architecture and performance, a massive, moving construction made out of countless bamboo poles that is [...]

Interview with Frank Joss, Initiator and Director of the Architecture Talks Lucerne. Architecture Talks Lucerne provides a platform for networking and an opportunity for architects, interior designers, designers, general contractors, investors, for professionals and students, and – specific to the 2006 edition – retailers to meet. Architekturgespräche Luzern 2006, May 12, 2006. Interview with Frank [...]

For his solo show “L’Italianita dei Gioielli” at Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich italian jewelry artist Giampaolo Babetto created an exhibition tailor-made to the circular, light-filled gallery space on the second floor of the rotunda in the Pinakothek der Moderne. In this video we have a look at the exhibition and [...]

This year’s Design Miami/ Basel moves even closer to the art fair Art Basel. The design fair takes place in Hall 5 of Messe Basel, with a direct passage to Art Basel’s Art Unlimited sector. The marketplace for limited-edition design features design galleries such as Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai; Droog, New York; Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London; [...]

The CaixaForum Madrid is a new cultural center in the historical center of Madrid, near the renowned Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize winners. The CaixaForum is a restoration and expansion of one of the few examples of industrial architecture in Madrid’s [...]

Konstantin Grcic was born in Munich, Germany in 1965. After training as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England he studied Design at the Royal College of Art in London from 1988-1990. Since setting up his own design practice Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design in Munich in 1991 he has developed furniture, products and lighting [...]

On invitation of Flausen, VernissageTV presented the Art TV project at the Tweakfest 2007 in Zurich. According to the concept of “Flausen” the invited guests present their ideas within a timeframe of seven minutes. The following guests talked about their projects: Curdin Schneider: Camkiller, Chur; Andres Wanner: Pixelstorm, Zürich; Philipp Meier: GUGUS DADA Der Kunst [...]