Kunst

A few invisible sculptures

01.03.14
von Gregor
Kunst

What are we talking about when we talk about sculpture? New York based photographer Andrea Galvani calls widely accepted definitions of the medium into question. Thus A Few Invisible Sculptures: The Perception of Immateriality provides a sober and insightful reflection on the function of contemporary sculpture, radically extending its boundaries. The work consists of an interdisciplinary body of work including sound sculpture, drawings, text-based works, collages and photographs what the artist describes as an »architecture of the invisible«, a kind of intervention in form of a mobile sculpture.

A few invisible sculptures

All images © Aandrea Galvani.

Abandoned Olympic Venues

28.02.1428.02.14
von Gregor
Kunst

What happens to Olympic facilities after the games are over? Some are turned into training facilities, theaters, concert halls, museums and so on. But many of them are abandoned. Check out this great series of 30 haunting images from past Summer and Winter Olympics which now lie abandoned and overgrown.

Athens 2004 Summer Olympics

Diving pool at the Aquatic Center

Field Hockey Stadium

Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics

Mount Igman Ski Jump

Overgrown Bobsled Track

Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics

Main Swimming Stadium

BoraBora

21.02.1421.02.14
von Gregor
Kunst

How much light do you need?

Bora Bora

BoraBora by Vaulot&Dyèvre.

Absence of Water

07.02.14
von Gregor
Kunst

»The absence of water« series by Gigi Cifali: »Having been built in the late Victorian period, public lidos and baths were at the peak of their popularity in the 1930s. Gradually, living conditions and tastes have changed, resulting in a drop of attendances, leaving the public pools uneconomical to run. Many fell into decay and many were emolished. Symbols of civic and architectural pride in Victorian times, today only a handful of them remain as a representation of bygone era.

CHADDERTON BATHS OLDHAM, dimensions 220 ft x 80 ft, opened 1937 – closed 2007

SOHO MARSHALL POOL LONDON, dimensions 70 ft x 30 ft, opened 1931 – closed 1997

HORNSEY BATHS LONDON, dimensions 165 ft x 66 ft, opened 1932 – closed 1988

The People’s Trust

16.01.14
von Gregor
Kunst

Disused theatres and movie palaces, record stores and book shops are among the most ordinary closed and abandoned buildings you can expect. The bank’s business is quite simply not the same as the high risk of investing in culture – it behaves quite differently. Nevertheless, banks are taking significant steps to follow their lead. The People’s Trust by Michael Vahrenwald looks at how US bank buildings have been repurposed.

Cicero Trust and Savings Bank, Cicero, IL, 2012

Greenwich Savings Bank, New York, NY 2013

Detroit Savings Bank 2, Detroit, MI 2012

La voiture de police poulailler

13.01.1413.01.14
von Gregor
Kunst

French artist Benedetto Bufalino has humorously transformed a 1970’s police car into a chicken coop. »La voiture de police poulailler« is an old vehicle whose interior has been gutted. Unfortunately, not organic. Organic eggs must come from chickens that live in cage-free environments. Don’t miss his whole battle of ideas.

La voiture de police poulailler – Ferme d’élevage de Vernand, 2013

Benedetto Bufalino

Moss Patterns

13.01.1417.01.14
von Gregor
Kunst

Moss as art, moss sculptures, moss walls, and now moss patterns – the idea slowly becomes something more. Moss Patterns by Tae Kitakata & Brittany Powell.

Moss Patterns by Tae Kitakata & Brittany Powell