arquitectura de la necesidad

Efficiency at OF/BY/FOR – American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora

Efficiency (after Papanek) press release: Efficiency (after Papanek) is a new exhibition platform based on a schematic principle of art – life relationship. It consists of a drop down table which, upon opening, displays a framed painting, photo mural, or poster. The object was redesigned by Victor Papanek and James Hennessey…

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Art x Cuba – Contemporary Perspectives since 1989

Art x Cuba – Contemporary Perspectives since 1989 http://ludwigforum.de/en/event/kunst-x-kuba/ 09/08/2017 – 02/18/2018 Opening: 09/07/2017 Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen, Alemania. The collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig is home to one of the largest and earliest assemblies of contemporary Cuban art in Europe. This fascinating part of the collection…

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Architecture of Necessity (1997 – present)

Architecture of Necessity The city’s inhabitants are aware of their real needs, driven by the inevitable, they transform their city under a new order: The Moral Modulor. He embodies the human potential to understand urgency and inscribe it in space. He adds, to the order established by human dimensions, the…

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Architecture of necessity at Yerba Buena Center of Arts

YERBA BUENA CENTER OF ARTS Scaffolds are only rarely independent structures: conversation on the temporal landscape (Screening) William Cordova’s program at Yerba Buena Center: smoke signals: viviendo pa’ la ciudad Nov 3, 2012 2:00pm – 5:00pm FREE with gallery admission A double feature of Drylongso (1998), a film by Cauleen Smith,…

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Review “Four minutes, thirty-three seconds”

Performance Beyond Miami’s Parties by Paul David Young 12/06/11 Art in America. The tenth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach was supposed to “reflect a shift toward expanded conceptual, performative and temporal gestures,” according to a curatorial statement. But there was little performance at the main fair, nor at the satellite fairs…

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“Four minutes, thirty-three seconds” at LegalArt

“Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds” LegalArt, Miami. Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Press release “Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds” revisits the liberated attitude towards the creative process that defines the Fluxus movement. This project coincides with significant exhibitions happening at MOMA, NY; the Grey Art Gallery; NYU and at the Storefront for Art and Architecture,…

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Ernesto Oroza – Architecture of Necessity – INOVA

Curated by Nicholas Frank University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Curator’s Statement Download Tabloid printed for the exhibition Ernesto Oroza’s “Architecture of Necessity” chronicles the inventive solutions that arise under conditions of severe economic limitations, such as those in his native Havana. The island nation of…

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Technological Disobedience at ENSCI

Jeudi 20 mai, espace Viénot 2, à 18h30 Ernesto Oroza, designer cubain, RIKIMBILI est sa dernière publication. Thursday 20 May Viénot 2, 6:30PM at ENSCI, Paris. ADDRESS: 48 rue Saint Sabin, FR-75011 Paris, France Phone +33 1 4923 1230, Fax +33 1 4923 1203 Website http://www.ensci.com/

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Cumanana. Curated by William Cordova

Cumanana / SALTWORKS/ February 13 – April 11, 2009 Group Exhibition / curated by William Cordova Johanna Almiron, Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Jade Cooper, William Cordova, Nathaniel Donnett, Leslie Hewitt, Gean Moreno, Glexis Novoa, Mari Omori, Ernesto Oroza, Ronny Quevedo, Kaijiro Suzuki, Mary Valverde.

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Statement of Necessity – Ernesto Oroza – 2008

Statement of Necessity by Ernesto Oroza Foreword: Gean Moreno Paperback Publisher: Alonso Art and BookSurge Publishing (November 11, 2008) ISBN-10: 1439216657 ISBN-13: 978-1439216651 Book documenting the exhibition Statement of Necessity by Ernesto Oroza, at Alonso Art in November-December, 2008. The book features the 20 color photographs exhibited. www.alonsoart.com   [printfriendly]

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