INSTALLATION artists i'm checking out

Anish Kapoor - Tate
Richard Tuttle - Zug, Switerland
Yvonne Koolmatrie - Venice Biennale.


Architects who work in installation spaces:
Frank Gehry -  Berlin
Peter Eisenmann - Berlin

DIY 3D printing in sugar!

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab

BodyWeather - Tess De Quincey co.

This group of dancers gave an improvisation performance on Saturday night at Carriageworks.  Bodyweather is a methodology of movement has been created by Tess De Quincey having its foundation based on the interelationship of the body with the landscape.   Having its conceptual origins coming from a mix of Butoh (Japanese Contemporary Dance) and other Western ideas of dance and movement, Bodyweather aims to enliven new sensorial experiences of the body in an environment. The workshops are very much located in a site-specific natural landscapes, where the body explores its own existence with natural land that it rests upon.
The improvised performance at Carriageworks was a fascinating investigation in responsive environments that we create as humans interacting with each other.It was an improvised sequence of movements defined by the methodology of body studies that these dancers train in. Rather than a choreographed sequence, this improvised performance kept each dancer in complete awareness of each other and their reaction/response was borne from an immediate spontaneous present. The dancers created the responsive environment between themselves, and in this case, the site-specific objects, surfaces and volume of the Carriageworks studio.
http://www.bodyweather.net/

http://bodyweatheramsterdam.blogspot.com

Other links on their blogspot:   http://www.bohemiaerosa.org/

Lace and textile translations into GC

A step in my process of learning GC is getting structures other than the cross-bar from the tutorial! One of the tools is to to create a feature, using polygon, and "by Lacing".  This concept of 'Lacing' as a structural tool, gives an immediate association to the traditional textile techniques of lace-making. Further associations include weaving, knitting, knotting... At the same time, I was aware of the Powerhouse Museum holding a competition on new ideas for lace. I investigated some samples at their Lace Centre and found some gorgeous pieces of 15th, 16th, 17th and onwards lace - from countries like Belgium, France and Italy.  The French mesh was my favourite!  Their collection continues to grow and incorporate all kinds of contemporary lace pieces.
I have subsequently found this tutorial online: it demonstrates what someone has been able to build in GC using the textile technique of weaving as the structural concept.  It would be a goal in the future to continue exploring this area of textile translations.


http://vimeo.com/5273901

Bike Frame Variations

Thinking about different structures to model other than the cross-bar in GC, I came across this nice piece of history in geometries and variations: from the Dutch - structural framework of bicycles. 

From 1901 De Kampioen 

rapid prototyping exhibition

http://australiandesignreview.com/news/16848-Rapid-prototyping-exhibition-debuts-in-Sydney