why, clouds of course!! tetsu kondo

tetsu kondo, architect, made clouds at the 2010 Venice architecture biennale.

www.huhmagazazine.co.uk

for me, there is a sense of straight-forward innnocence and simplicity behind the piece. clouds are magical. let's make 'em. to physically manifest this, however, under the restrictions of reality and within a contained space that allows for audience interaction, is not necessarily simple. with the consultation of transsolar, german engineers, they created three different layers of air are created for such phenomena to form: one area of cool dry air at the bottom, hot humid air in the middle to create the clouds, and hot and dry air at the top to contain the clouds. wonderful.


another series of kondo's is "mirror." also, artfully simple. and yet, rather stunning.




















www.tetsukondo.co.jp



i'm supposed to be writing a paper right now.. >>

cai hongshuo's xray prints and dead birds

WUYONG - inutile

a designer i have been following for a while now, but haven't posted anything about!! her fabrications are just so rich in texture and form..

Breathing into the canyon

friends and family,
i am very excited and honored to invite you to my first solo show EVER at Fort Gondo on 3151 Cherokee street. September 18 · 6:00pm - 10:00pm


as a part of my summer research project this summer, Breathing into the canyon is a compilation of photographic, video, sound, and installative work that draws attention back to the obvious: the basic human experience of inhabiting a body, fulfilling a space, and the forgettable sensation of simply... existing.



"The practice of acupuncture is part of a 5,000-year-old medical practice. Through inserting needles in select points in the body, it promotes a sense of consciousness; the experience of it is therapeutic and relaxing, but also invigorating and clarifying.

My work has to do with physical and mental consciousness. Even in the dark, barely illuminated by bars of hazy light, the body and mind still maintain awareness. The body breathes into itself, and simultaneously, out into the world as well, like a semi-permeable membrane that is both open and closed, ever expanding, ever contracting. The body becomes a landscape of undulating curves, deep cavities and swelling muscles. The illuminated acupuncture needles mark the form and create pathways across a mysterious territory.

Breathing into the canyon is an exploration of space, form, and light. It obscures the resistance between the external and the internal, humans and nature, the body and the cosmos."




refreshments will be provided!


**IMPORTANT
if you are unable to make it to the opening, the show will be available till the end of the month, but will be by appointment only

oops, i slipped

i don't know if this will make any sense, but sometimes i'll be thinking about something, and i swear, i forget where the hell i am. and then when i re-find myself somewhere, i don't even believe it.

there's a landscape of living. like, a mental orientation. we build stuff all along the horizon line, cities, or, i don't know, what have you. whatever you want, son. there's a way in which we understand things, and then there are people around us, also building their own city, and we let their place sprawl into ours because, well, maybe we're using the same materials, but there are other reasons too. then, you make yourself to be a giant robot, when there's just this fleshy little guy at the middle of the whole thing. but sooner or later you're just gonna get lost.

i don't really believe in this 'landscape of living.' there's just something not right about it. i might spend my whole life making things and tearing them down. cuz i think at the end of it, there's nothing that i really want. and that's the truth.

birthday

21 years..


..gonna get enlightened and blow this joint.