‘Vom Hören sagen’ (2000) by Suchan Kinoshita & Hasje Boeyen. (via kunstwegen.org)
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Pawel Althamer
‘Path’ (2007) by Pawel Althamer.
For sculpture projects münster 07, Pawel Althamer constructed a path.
Dussen
More action:
Old news from 2007;
In Dussen (Brabant, NL) a man drove around in a cornfield for hours on end under the influence of cocaine. The result was the piece above.
Signer’s Suitcase
A scene from ‘Signer’s Suitcase’ (1996), a documentary about Roman Signer.
Signers Koffer (Signer’s Suitcase) is a kind of road movie that takes us right across Europe. From the Swiss Alps to eastern Poland, from Stromboli to Iceland. Always following the magically charged “groove” of the landscape…
Directed by Peter Liechti. Some more scenes:
Zimoun
‘25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system’, a very nice work by Swiss sound-artist Zimoun.
Video:
Robotic chair
‘Robotic chair‘ (2006) by Max Dean, Raffaello D’Andrea & Matt Donovan.
The Robotic Chair (1984 – 2006) is a generic-looking wooden chair with the capacity to fall apart and put itself back together.
Momoyo Torimitsu
Momoyo Torimitsu, ‘Miyata Jiro’ (1997)
The Japanese (but New York resident) artist Momoyo Torimitsu built a robot that resembles a businessman. It can crawl the streets of whichever city he places it. Video:
Now, the Japanese have put quite some more time and effort into building weird animatronics/robotics. Click on Read More to see a few more examples.
Gianni Motti
Gianni Motti, ‘Finishing’ (2000)
The day of the opening coincided with the marathon of Bienne. Gianni Motti moved the finishing line, adding an extra three meters to the distance of the race.
Christopher Richmond
Christopher Richmond, ‘Chasing the horizon’ (2008)
A performance where Richmond runs after the horizon for as long as it is in his sight.
Found on the website of the wonderful Szpilman Awards.
Cory Arcangel
Arnold Schönberg’s, Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11-I (1909) played by cats on pianos,
by Cory Arcangel (2009).
Schönberg’s Op. 11 is often considered the first piece of “atonal” music, or music to completely break from traditional western harmony which means it’s not written in a “key”.
George Dubinsky
‘Broken Arm Chair’ by George Dubinsky
Hihi.