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Michael Portnoy (born 1971 in Wahington, DC, lives and works in New York City) is a multimedia artist, choreographer, musician, actor. As a director of behavior Michael Portnoy investigates social exchange and the rules of communication and play. This video documents the “abstract gambling at the solid felt table with Dir. of Behavior, Michael Portnoy” [...]

For Art Cologne 2011, ARTE Creative invited artists to realize performances that inspire the visitors of the art fair. The artists are Nick Meeter, Thylacine, Antipreneur, Heiko Beck, and Christian Falsnaes. Christian Falsnaes presented a performance that is based on the participation of the audience. VernissageTV documented Falsnaes’ performance on 14 April, 2011. Christian Falsnaes [...]

An integral feature of Art Cologne is “Open Space”, a curated sale exhibition area for contemporary art. Additional programs are the “New Talents” which promotes the work of young artists, “New Contemporaries” which promotes new galleries, and the “Hidden Treasures” which promotes artists who are 40 or older. Art Cologne, impressions from the professional preview [...]

Ján Mančuška’s solo show at Kunsthalle Basel entitled “only those wild species that appeal to people will survive” presents a selection of his recent works. As the press release states, “his film and video installations involve specially designed architecture, built to contain a range of projection devices that create specific viewing conditions for each work.” [...]

The Vienna-based art collective Gelitin is know for their unconventional exhibitions, installations, and performances. For their participation in the Venice Art Biennale 2011 they conceived the Gelatin Pavilion, located in the Giardini delle Vergini (Arsenale). The centerpiece of the site-specific installation titled Gelatin Pavilion – Some like it Hot is a wood-fired furnace that is used [...]

In celebration of Ferrari’s latest sports car, the car manufacturer commissioned video artist Marco Brambillo to create a Formula 1-inspired 3D video loop. The work was showcased on the occasion of Art Basel Miami Beach at the Ferrari party at Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron’s unique 1111 Lincoln Road parking structure in Miami Beach. [...]

The exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape”, curated in 1972 by Emilio Ambasz at the MoMA in New York was a huge success. The show featured a selection of work, theory and historical background of twelve Italian designers and architects at a peak of the Italian radical design movement of the 1960s, early 1970s: Archizoom, [...]

Within the framework of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, art curator, critic and art historian Hans Ulrich Obrist conducted live public interviews with every Biennale participant. The six-day live marathon took place in the Arsenale from August 22 through 27. Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed artists and architects such as Kazuyo [...]

In the second part ot the interview with David Rogers he talks about art and architecture, the partnership with ING and the mixed-use project. David Rogers is architect and urbanist and Senior Vice President of Jerde Partnership. One of his projects, Zlote Tarasy, just won the 2006 Architectural review MIPIM Future Project Award in the [...]

Iván Navarro’s work was already very present at ARCO, the contemporary art fair in Madrid, and now in New York his work seems to be omnipresent. At The Armory Show, one of the highlights was his site-specific installation at the booth of Paul Kasmin Gallery (see in our Armory Show coverage here). The gallery is [...]

Among the clients of designer Nacho Carbonell are collectors and celebrities such as Brad Pitt. A brand new piece that he presented at the booth of Galleria Rossana Orlandi is his “Bush of Iron”, a chair / desk combination in afro style, build with thousands of iron wires. “Bush of Iron” belongs the Nacho Carbonell’s [...]

In this episode, Prof. Thomas Gerlach and student Nils Uellendahl show and explain an exciting transportation concept based on swarm intelligence. Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University, Werkschau, Pforzheim, Germany, July 14, 2007. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file.

George Nelson (1908-1986) was one of the most important American designers of the 20th century. In 2008 George Nelson would have been 100 years old. In recognition of this anniversary, the Vitra Design Museum presents the first comprehensive retrospective on his work: George Nelson. Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher. In this video, curator Jochen Eisenbrand talks [...]

The Design Museum London is one of the world’s leading museums of modern and contemporary design. We met Deyan Sudjic, the Design Museum’s director who gave us a short introduction to the Design Museum and an outlook on future plans including the museum’s expansion and relocation. Design Museum London, London, May 17, 2007. > Right-click [...]

The design fair Design Miami has selected the German designer Konstantin Grcic as this year’s recipient of the Designer of the Year Award. The fair has commissioned him to produce a new piece for the fair, and presented an exhibition of highlights from Konstantin Grcic’s career, curated by Grcic himself. In this conversation with VernissageTV’s [...]