This is a picture of the apple ’species’ that Billy Apple is growing in New Zealand. A spotless, perfectly red apple that’s supposed to hit a grocery store near you sometime in the coming years…
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Tagged Apple , Billy Apple , creative farming , DIY , fruit , fuckem , gardening , growing , ideal , light , nature , new zealand , perfect , plant , plantation , public art , red , red apple , sculpture , species , text , tuinbouw
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For Willem, obviously:
Gabriel Orozco , ‘Pendulum’ (19??)
Pendulum is an oval billiard table, with the middle ball swinging back and forth, suspended from a string.
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Tagged fuckem , fun , gabriel orozco , installation , joke , mexico , orozco , post-minimal , romance , sculpture , symmetry
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Last Friday @ Galerie Gallery was the opening of Willem Claassen ’s show! Here are some very bad pictures of the evening, better pictures will follow on the website of Galerie Gallery!
Willem & Work.
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Tagged action , balls , biljart , billiard , DIY , fuckem , fun , Galerie Gallery , Gamma , installation , muur , opening , performance , play , playtime , pool , relational aesthetics , sculpture , trash , unknown , wall
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Tagged action , balls , buckets , Egill Sæbjörnsson , fun , installation , light , music , muur , ping pong , pingpong , reykjavik , Sæbjörnsson , video , wall , youtube
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‘Youtube as a sculpture’ (2009) by Constant Dullaart .
Also check this: readymades.net and disease disco
Tomorrow, Friday the 18th, Galerie Gallery will be showing a brand spanking new work by Willem Claassen . Come and see it!
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Tagged action , claassen , DIY , elite deluxe , fuckem , fun , Galerie Gallery , Gamma , installation , joke , opening , performance , play , relational aesthetics , romance , sculpture , sky , street view , text , trash , wall , willem claassen
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Michel de Broin , ‘Nuit Blanche’ (2009)
The largest mirror ball ever made was suspended from a construction crane 50 meters above the ground to render the starry sky to the citizens of Paris for one night in the Jardin du Luxembourg during the Nuit Blanche event.
VIDEO
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Tagged action , canadian , de broin , French , fuckem , fun , installation , light , michel de broin , mirror , mirror ball , music , night , nuit blanche , public art , sky , video
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Samuel Zealey , ‘Inverting suction’, 2008
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Tagged ball , DIY , fuckem , Gamma , installation , inverting , mechanical sculpture , samuel zealey , sculpture , suction , vacuum cleaner , zealey
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Some backstage photos I made at HISK , Ghent.
‘LA CONQUETE DE L’ESPACE’. HISK laureates 2009 exhibition (14.11 – 13.12 2009).
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‘Plans d’evasion’ a very nice show by Michel François at SMAK , Ghent (Belgium).
All the works are connected in one way or another. In an attempt to catch the spirit of this exhibition, some more photos:
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Tagged belgium , cactus , gent , ghent , installation , Michel Francois , muur , piepschuim , plans d'evasion , plant , sculpture , SMAK , tape , wall
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‘Hotel Vue des Alpes’ is a fictional, hotel, accessable only through the internet. Visitors can log in to the website, book a room and walk around to enjoy the scenery. You can stay there for a few days (short stay only)… The view from the rooms is breathtaking!
It is a project by Monica Studer and Christoph van den Berg
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Tagged Art , blog , christoph van den berg , commerce , computer , fun , hotel , hotel vue des alpes , monica studer , nature , public art , Second life , second vacation , sky , street view , vacation , virtual
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‘Nomiya’ by Laurent Grasso (2009) on the roof of Palais de Tokyo , Paris.
Nomiya Restaurant is a temporary building situated on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower. It was designed and built with the artistic concept of taking in the stunning views of the city of Paris by Laurent Grasso with the collaboration of the architect Pascal Grasso. The structure is comprised of a glass “cabin” and perforated metal screening.
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Tagged architecture , dinner , Eiffel Tower , food , france , Laurent Grasso , nomiya , oh-la-la , palais de tokyo , paris , relational aesthetics , what's in a name
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‘Gakona’ at Palais de Tokyo , Paris (12.2 – 03.5.2009).
Gakona is made up of 4 solo-shows: Micol Assaël, Ceal Floyer, Laurent Grasso and Roman Signer. In this video by Christophe Ecoffet, Laurent Grasso talks about his work.
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Tagged ceal floyer , electricity , france , gakona , HAARP , Laurent Grasso , lightning , Micol Assael , oh-la-la , palais de tokyo , paris , Roman Signer , solo , Tesla , umbrella , vernissage.tv
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Spotted today in De Paviljoens, Almere:
‘I see a landscape’ (2004 – 2009) by Germaine Kruip
In the exhibition ‘Germaine Kruip: Only the title remains’, I think this is one of the few works that I really liked.
There’s a short video of the work below.
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Tagged aesthetics , almere , de paviljoens , dutch , germaine kruip , germaine kruip: only the title remains , installation , kruip , light , mechanical sculpture , museum , sky , wall
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And so we stop by the Project Arts Centre to see the exhibition
‘Every version belongs to the myth’
Below is a selection of a few of the works.
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Tagged amalia pica , astronaut , blog , david scott , dublin , elizabeth price , every version belongs to the myth , exhibition , farbtest , felix gmelin , frankfurt , fun , gareth moore , goethe , installation , ireland , map , maria barnas , moon golem , myth , nasa , paul van hoeydonk , photograph , project arts centre , rote fahne , sculpture , trophy , uncertain pilgrimage , vancouver , video , wall , writing room
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Also there;
‘Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90s from the IMMA Collection ‘,
which had a few nice works. Below:
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Tagged 90s , action , ann hamilton , Art , collection , dublin , duke nukem , filament , hidden door , hospital , ilya and emilia kabakov , IMMA , installation , ireland , irish museum of modern art , mechanical sculpture , relational aesthetics , report , romance , umbrella
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One day, at the IMMA , the nice museum of modern art in Dublin…
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Tagged ac/dc snakes , ann lee , dublin , film , IMMA , installation , ireland , irish museum of modern art , orange bay , parreno , philippe parreno , relational aesthetics , report , romance , sky , solo exhibition , speech bubbles , unknown , zidane
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‘Three lights’ (2009) by Dublin based artist David Beattie .
More works:
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Got back from the Irish capital yesterday, here’s some pictures to give you an impression of the town/trip.
The water divides the city-centre into part 1 and part 2.
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Tagged action , blog , capital , dublin , fuckem , fun , historical , ireland , kilmainham gaol , rebels , romance , street view , travels , trip , unknown , wall
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Studio of Derk Thijs at the RijksakademieOPEN 2009 .
A personal favourite at last weekend’s Rijksakademie open studios.
More photo’s:
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Tagged 2009 , amsterdam , Derk Thijs , egg , fountain , open , painting , rijksakademie , studio , wall , wine
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Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body. A documentary by Jörg and Ralf Raino Jung (2001).
More from this documentary:
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Tagged America , destruction of the body , documentary , early works , heidi , hollywood , Jörg and Ralf Raino Jung , ketchup , Paul McCarthy , performance , USA , video
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Opening: Friday March 12, 20:00h.
![threelights[1]](http://pietmondriaan.com/pm/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/threelights1.jpg "threelights[1]")
Antoine Stemerding
Antoine Stemerding, ‘Wat wil je doen?’ (2006)
An installation/intervention at Stichting KOP, Breda.
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