Frederick Kiesler, ‘Design for a Warehouse, elevated building – ground floor free for circulation’
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Micah Lexier
‘Password (In Chronological Alphabetical Order)’ (2004), a personalized handout by Micah Lexier.
Utopian Tours
Conceptual drawings of what tourism in North Korea might look like in the future, created by North Korean architects. (Project commissioned by Nick Bonner in 2014.)
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Rirkrit Tiravanija, ‘Dom-ino’ (1998)
In Rirkrit Tiravanija’s replica of the Dom-ino concept (1915) by le Corbusier, the spectator becomes the inventer and the actor of his own environment, in the interaction with his fellow visitor. The lower platform is equipped with a CD and cassette player, a TV, a kitchen corner with table and butagaz-cooker, a low table with poufs. The visitors are invited to use the house as they wish, and to share what they bring or find with the others.
Melle Smets & Joost van Onna
‘Turtle 1‘ (2013) a project by Melle Smets & Joost van Onna.
In Ghana 200,000 artisans, in 12,000 workshops, stores and factories are working round the clock to repair, adjust and re-invent European scrap yard cars. Melle Smets and Joost van Onna traveled there to build an African concept car out of discarded car parts, in collaboration with the local community.
Craig Leonard
‘Obsolete Concepts (Antiprobabilism)’ (2004) by Craig Leonard.
From a series of prints pointing to obsolete concepts, as categorized by the Oxford English Dictionary, in the word’s last known site of publication.
Martin Creed
Martin Creed, ‘Work no. 227 (Lights going on and off)’ (2001)
The lights are on for 5 seconds, off for 5 seconds…
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Julika Rudelius
Julika Rudelius, ‘Forever’ (2005)
Installation view and fragment.
For those interested; here‘s Rudelius’s rather nice talk at the Brooklyn Museum..