Juliane Eirich, from the series ‘Korea Diary’ (2007-2008)
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Stephen Prina
Stephen Prina, ‘As he remembered it’ (2011)
The point of departure for As He Remembered It is a memory from the 1980s, shared with artist Christopher Williams, of a fitted unit by architect R. M. Schindler that is taken out of its original context, painted, and recontextualized as an independent object.
To bring this personal anecdote to the Hauptraum of the Secession, Prina chose two now-demolished houses built in the early 1940s by R. M. Schindler in Los Angeles for Hilaire Hiler and Mrs. George (Rose) Harris. Using surviving plans and photographs, he had copies made of the fitted units, resulting in 28 objects that were then used as supports for monochrome painting—Prina painted them pink using “PANTONE Honeysuckle 2011 COLOR OF THE YEAR”—and restaged in a specially developed grid pattern in the Secession’s Hauptraum.
Rainer Prohaska
‘Delta star ship operation’ by Rainer Prohaska. From the series ‘Toy-kit architectures’.
Leopold Kessler
Leopold Kessler, ‘Bistabilised door’ (2010)
Kessler changed the mechanics on the entrance to Lombard-Freid Projects in New York so that the door opened in a different direction each time it was used.
Laurent Grasso
‘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.
