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One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The compulsion to consume, increased monitoring, and continuous traffic expansion will bring fundamental change to the appearance of cities. In 1998, Folke Kobberling and Martin Kaltwasser began implementing their concept of an artistic and architectural aesthetic of resistance to this appropriation. Using ’structural interventions’ in streets, squares, bridges, parks and [...]

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THE OIL TANKS

Friday, September 16, 2011

Tate Modern has announced the opening in 2012 of the first phase of its expansion plan, The Tate Modern Project. In 2005, Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned by the Tate to design a new development which would connect Southwark with the Thames and provide much improved open, public space. As part of this development, [...]

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BEING A CROWD

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Stadiums used to be built so that the audience on the stands could feel their numbers and feel the rush of emotions being felt by tens of thousands of people simultaneously. If you’ve never been in a full stadium like this it’s worth trying, you can’t compare it to anything. Big crowds can often be [...]

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HÜTTENPALAST

Monday, August 22, 2011

Want to enjoy some camping-idyll in the middle of Berlin, also during the cold winter? Then the Hüttenpalast might be the perfect hotel for you – offering all the charms of outdoor camping – but inside!
Read the article by Tim Tolsdorff on Spiegel online (German / English) to learn more about these comfort sites under [...]

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WHY FRIDGES?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Films are being shown on fridges, in London. Here’s why.

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WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

There’s a new neon sign that has gone up on Alexanderplatz – alas, it’s not advertising for any fashion brand or technical gadgets, but stands on its own. The laughing Indian is the latest artwork by Cyprien Gaillard, as part of the nearly finished Based in Berlin group ehibition, and uses the icon of the [...]

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SURF PIPE

Sunday, June 5, 2011

If it weren’t made out of cobble stone it would be busy with skaters by now… The CITÉ DE L’OCÉAN ET DU SURF Museum in Biarritz intends to raise awareness of oceanic issues and explore educational and scientific aspects of the surf and sea and their role upon our leisure, science, and ecology. By Steven [...]

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CONCRETE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES

Monday, May 30, 2011

Plattformer, the artist collective that brought you the first DIY concrete table tennis table in London, just launched their latest outdoors object: The Feast Table in London’s Arundel Square. All their projects are put into effect with groups of local children that are thereby introduced to the art of concrete casting. Their most famous project [...]

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READING ROOM

Friday, April 15, 2011

We can think of no better place to read mono.kultur issue #24 with Cyprien Gaillard’s interview than on top of the “beeramid”, Cyprien’s large-scale sculpture at KW in Berlin, built out of 72,000 bottles of Efes beer. Approximate duration to read Cyprien’s interview: 3 Efes beer!
The ‘reading room’ is open until March 22, 2011:
KW [...]

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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH FRONT

Friday, April 8, 2011

Museu Paula Rego, Casa das Histórias, Cascais, Portugal by Eduardo Souto de Moura © FG + SG Fernando Guerra
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura was awarded the 2011 Pritzker Prize this week, the most honorable architecture prize. Souto Moura lives and works in Oporto, in the north of the country and is the second Portuguese architect, [...]

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