World Changing - Due 11/2

Here's a humorous Adbusters spoof ad:

Weekly Statement - Due 11/2

Kai Lossgott. 2008. Laser engraving on foxglove leaf. Spruce and glass light boxes. 30 x 30 cm. SASOL Art Collection.



Check out Kai Lossgott's project, Nothing with Skin is Blind (see above).

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 10/17 or 11/1.  

Weekly Statement - Due 10/26 (extended deadline: 10/30)

I just stumbled upon this wonderful blog : www.superuse.org

Superuse is a online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling - check them out to get some new ideas.

Above Left: bottle houses

Above Right: a sewer pipe hotel

Weekly Statement - Due 10/30 (extended)

 

Check out Mark Wentzel's work, as seen at ArtPrize this year: a group of three modified Eames Lounge Chairs, with the original cushions removed and replaced with over-stuffed, "super-sized" versions modeling the human body.  "XLounge is a safe and playful analogy to critical contemporary issues of disproportionate consumption and the global obesity epidemic." (from the ArtPrize blog)

World Changing - Due 10/12

Below is the Bergamo tree cathedral, built by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri who is known for his impressive natural architectural projects:

"The entire cathedral is built in such a way that the branches of the tree and the tree itself have arced to form the walls and roof of the holy edifice. Unfortunately, this project of love for Giuliano Mauri was completed only after his death in 2009 and has been completed quite fittingly in the International year of biodiversity. This tree cathedral will be the ultimate homage to his memory and craft and it is a marvel to behold. Consisting of 42 columns built with fir trunks and branches of hazelnuts and chestnuts twirling together as a support for the beeches, with time the beeches will grow stronger and become the pillars while the fir and hazelnut supporting structure will wither away, offering a seamless transition." (jouneyidea)

Weekly Statement - Due 10/12

Check out the work of "eating designer" Marije Vogelzang.

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 10/6 or 10/11.

World Changing - Due 10/5

Check out Renzo Piano's Living Roof at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.