Stijn van Dorpe, ‘Clio’ (2009)
Together with a teacher and the students of a local technical secondary school, Van Dorpe worked towards an image that translated the power and energy of both the low budget exhibition initiative and the youngsters. A black Renault Clio was turned upside down and the necessary adjustments were made to enable the car to keep on running, however without moving forward. During a performance at the opening night of the exhibition, the physical power that the car developed was shown as a dynamic spectacle – accompanied by a drummer and T-shirts printed with technical details of the car.
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Also tagged action, clio, DIY, down, drummer, energy, exhaust, fuckem, fumes, fun, installation, light, mechanical sculpture, mechanics, music, performance, power, renault, running, sculpture, stijn van dorpe, students, the wild, trash, upside
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Olaf Nicolai, ‘The Blondes’ (2003)
The photographs were taken during the month that Olaf Nicolai ran a beauty parlor in the center of Tilburg in the Netherlands. He offered to bleach visitors’ hair free of charge, in exchange for the permission to use images of them in his work.
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Posted in Abstraction
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Also tagged abusing, action, berlin, bleach, blond, change, DIY, fuckem, fun, glamour, hair color, ideals of beauty, olaf nicolai, perfect human, star, Tilburg, using, what's in a name
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‘Recorded Delivery’, by Janek Schaefer (1995)
A sound activated tape recorder travels overnight through the UK Post Office. The dictaphone automatically edits the 15 hour journey down to a 72min recording, capturing only the significant sounds right up until the parcel is signed for at the end, where it is to be exhibited in a self storage building.
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Also tagged 90s, action, box, delivery, DIY, edit, fuckem, fun, in the dark, Janek Schaefer, joke, journey, parcel, performance, post office, romance, secret life, sound piece, tape recorder, travel, uk, unknown
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Ryan Gander, ‘Locked room scenario’ (2011)
“Lit rooms are locked tight. Barriers are partially in place. Doors leading to dark corridors are amongst the few open – and if you push on through the labyrinth, you eventually find something – although it isn’t exactly what you expected. Uncertainty and issues of accessibility permeate the entire space and experience of it.” (Michelle Schultz for Dailyserving.com)
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Also tagged barriers, clues, DIY, flyers, hidden, installation, labyrinth, locked, mystery, press, releases, romance, room, ryan gander, scenario, show, text, unknown, wall
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Bik Van der Pol, ‘Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?’ (2011)
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Also tagged architecture, artificial, bik van der pol, butterfly, context, enter, greenhouse, groningen, growth, holland, installation, lamps, light, museum, nature, plants, romance, stage, the wild, trees
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Bruce Nauman, ‘Room with My Soul Left Out, Room That Does Not Care’ (1984)
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Also tagged architecture, bruce nauman, care, corridor, DIY, fuckem, hallway, installation, left out, lights, performance, romance, room, sculpture, soul, space, text, through, unknown, walk, wall
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Ceal Floyer, ‘Works on Paper’ (2009)
Pieces of paper that customers use for testing pens at stationary shops, collected by Floyer over the years.
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged berlin, ceal floyer, collection, colors, customers, DIY, doodle, drawing, found, fun, installation, language, paper, pen, people, scribble, stationary shop, stealing, trash, wall
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Félix González-Torres, Untitled (Golden) (1995)
Strands of beads and hanging device
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Also tagged action, beads, body, collection, curtain, DIY, experience, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, golden, installation, light, pass through, performance, romance, sculpture, sensory, strands, touch, unknown, wall
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Selection of pages from the book ‘Non-functional thoughts’ (1978-2008) by Cesare Pietroiusti
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Also tagged actions, adjacent, again, book, cesare pietroiusti, collection, day, directions, DIY, doors, forget, fuckem, heart, important, instructions, live, memory, non-functional thoughts, open, performance, public art, romance, spaces, street, text, unknown
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John Gaughan, replica of ‘The Turk‘, chess playing mechanical device originally designed by Wolfgang von Kempelen in 1770.
interview with John Gaughan
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Posted in Abstraction
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Also tagged automaton, believe, chess, DIY, fun, hoax, john gaughan, joke, magic, mechanical sculpture, meta, moving, replica, unknown
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