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AMERIKA was founded in March 2005 and is located in Brunnenstrasse in Berlin. Sebastian Klemm talks about the concept of the gallery, why the gallery is called Amerika, the reception of the gallery’s program at Preview Berlin, and the plans for the future. On display is work by Viktoria Binschtok, Göran Gnaudschun, Eiko Grimberg, Falk [...]

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This is the first part of VernissageTV’s interview with David Elliott, Artistic Director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney. The Sydney Biennial is Australia’s largest international festival of contemporary art. The 2010 edition of the biennial takes place from the 12th May to the 1st August 2010. It bears the title The Beauty of Distance [...]

Friedrich Loock (owner / director of Galerie Wohnmaschine) talks about Alec Soth’s series Niagara, Soth’s second solo exhibition at Wohnmaschine and his most recent body of work, following his series Sleeping by the Mississippi. Alec Soth’s photography is firmly rooted in the tradition of Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore. Wohnmaschine, Berlin, April 28, [...]

VTV is talking with Kenny Schachter about his gallery’s concept and his booth at ARCO 2006. Amongst others he shows works by Zaha Hadid and Vito Acconci. Untitled (2006) by Zaha Hadid is a cell / body that offers / allows multi functional uses, as a table, counter, seat, container and as a surface to [...]

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. [...]

On the occasion of the exhibition Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation in London VernissageTV met up with Joep van Lieshout, who presented the work Wombhouse in the show. In this video, Joep van Lieshout talks about his background, his work between the poles of art and design, how his work changed over the years, [...]

The Vitra Design Museum is the first building that Star Architect and Prizker Prize-winner Frank O. Gehry realized in Europe. In total there are four buildings by Frank Gehry in the Basel region: the Vitra furniture factory and the Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, the Vitra headquarters in Birsfelden, and the building on the [...]

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 [...]

ArchitectureTalks Lucerne is a two-day international symposium offering a stage on which world-renowned protagonists from the worlds of architecture, art, culture, philosophy, business and politics will address architectural and urban issues in an interdisciplinary manner. This year’s theme was “Shopping Miles and More”. Initiator and Director of the Talks is Frank Joss. Short documentation of [...]

The first Design Miami (formerly design.05 Miami) took place from December 1-5, 2005 in the historic Moore Building in the Miami Design District. Driving force behind Design Miami is real-estate developer Craig Robins with his company Dacra. He is the principal of Design Miami/ Basel and known for his addiction to art, architecture and design [...]

Falling Light is an immersive installation by the London art and design studio Troika. It consists of 50 ceiling-mounted illumination devices that immerse the visitor in a virtual shower of light “drops”. This is achieved by projections of light through an optically pure, custom-cut Swarovski crystal lens. VernissageTV’s Sabine Trieloff met with two of the [...]

The Wolfsonian design museum in the Art Deco district of Miami Beach, Florida, was founded in 1986 by Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. to show his personal design collection. In 1997 he donated the collection and its building to Florida International University. The museum mostly focuses on the late 19th to mid 20th century design. In this [...]

“Along with his studio Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design (KGID) that was set up in 1991 he has made a name for himself through experiments with materials and a constructive individuality. KGID products are characterised by their everyday usefulness and formal restraint as well as by humour and perspicacity. These are the kind of products that [...]

SaloneSatellite is a show of upcoming design talents running synergically with this year’s furniture fair. Among them are for example Xcellent, Coex Design, Georgio Saltos, Nika Zupanc, Krä, Gesellschaft für neuartige Leuchtengestaltung, Mareike Gast, The Sign Connection, Franzi Kramer and Bernauer.Product. Art schools like the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the [...]