mission etternity: become inmortal. ( at least your thinking)

look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHeusiM6IA

The key to this long-term project is TIME. etoy decided to invest decades into MISSION ETERNITY. After the internet hype of the 1990’s it is now time to radically slow down and to investigate the sustainable impact of digital media in full depth. etoy.AGENTS carefully approach the memory issue from an emotional, a technical and an artistic perspective. Only the complex combination of the three view points can lead to relevant results. On the trip etoy will face spiritual, political, ethical, legal, economical, aesthetical and massive technical challenges again.

Independent from pragmatic needs, short term thinking, and commercial pressure the interdisciplinary group of experts who form etoy take all the time and resources they need to cross the deadline.

The digital revolution entered another level: the net completely penetrated human life. etoy, pioneer and survivor of level one – is prepared for level two: memory space explodes while our art form faces massive problems to cope with its history, conservation, loss and mediation.

MISSION ETERNITY constructs a bridge between life and beyond: a trip into the past, presence and far future of human culture. etoy.CORPORATION is art and invests all resources in the production of more art – the final link in the value chain.

Strong social and emotional links between the involved people (family ties, friendship, personal or public interest), digital storage technology, and the artistic quality maximize long term existence of M∞ DATA in the public domain as well as in art collections, libraries and museums.

just go

Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue at East 51st Street

On exhibit from tuesday, september 25th - saturday, january 5th. "Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York" aims to encourage New Yorkers to observe the city closely and to empower them, with a combination of tools and resources, to take an active role in advocating for a more livable city — the shared goal of Jane Jacobs and MAS. the exhibit is dedicated to Jane Jacobs and her activism in pushing for a better city environment for everyone.

"Jacob observed four key qualities of healthy, vibrant, cities: mixed uses, frequent streets, varied buildings, and concentration."

536 LaGuardia Place
October 11 - December, 2007

New York NOW celebrates the diversity of the AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture membership by displaying non-juried submissions of member projects. The exhibition will include works of all scales: small, large, commercial, residential, public, private, interiors, historic preservation, engineering, landscape, and urban design.

The exhibition presents the depth and breadth of professional activity and the variety of its impact. The resulting dialogue between different practitioners encourages a deeper understanding of what is happening in the New York architecture and design world now.

sva mfa:designer as author

happy thanksgiving guys. hope everyone's had a good thanksgiving and a good feast. it's cold, put on some warm clothes before u go out. take it easy on the shopping (for the girls).


came accross a blog from the SVA mfa: designer as author students. a previous post I mentioned about amy wang, who started the "ametrica" campaign, is also from the same department. check it out. support the mfa students.

Arttt

Me and Hanna checked out the Asian Contemporary Art Fair at Pier 92 today, where we ran into Marieke!! The art fair was amazing, their was so much to see in such a short amount of time but it was so inspirational and cultural for both me and Hanna. It made me want to pick up a paint brush and paint or take pictures of all the beautiful things the world has to offer. I think sometimes, we just get so caught up in our lives that we tend to forget what the world really has to offer us and how inspirational our surroundings really are, so take sometime to just look around and "to bask in the ambiance".

Thanks Hanna for telling us about the art fair.. our date was amazing two thumbs up!!

Tree Huggen :)

mvrdv

MVRDV is a Rotterdam, the Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. The name is an acronym for the founding members: Winy Maas (1959), Jacob van Rijs (1964) and Nathalie de Vries (1965). Maas and Van Rijs worked at OMA, the office of Rem Koolhaas, De Vries at Mecanoo before starting MVRDV.

Their first realised commission was the new offices for VPRO in Hilversum (NL) (1993-1997). Other built works include: Wozoco housing, Amsterdam (1994-1997) and the Dutch Pavilion at the Hannover World Exhibition Expo 2000 (1997-2000).

Recent publications include KM3 EXCURSIONS ON CAPACITIES (Actar, Barcelona, 2006)

Look at this webpage!

http://www.mvrdv.nl/

led installation in DUMBO

The Third Bridge by Osman Akan
October 14, 2007 - January 14, 2008

On October 2007, DAC launches Outer Space, a new series of solo commissions in the public realm, independent of the annual festival, one to three months in duration and created by mid-career artists (festival projects cater primarily to emerging artists).

The pilot project of the series is The Third Bridge by Osman Akan. The work will be installed in the Brooklyn Bridge Park, on the waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges from October 14, 2007 - January 14, 2008.

"Life is a bridge," the Eastern proverb goes. "Cross over it, but build no house on its span." An invitation since time immemorial to ramble on, the idea of the bridge has served—literally and metaphorically—to connect where we are right now to where we wish to arrive. Like the romance of the road, it's best considered as a means and not an end; to act otherwise invites arrested development, immaturity, dreams deferred.

Also a powerful metaphor for unity, the desire to build bridges is, by definition, a progressive urge. The driving force behind bridges propels the race toward improvements of both the material and metaphysical kind. Think of the telephone, the railroad and the multistory building, for example. Each of these, in its time, was a piece of cutting edge technology—a bridge linking ambition and achievement. Inventions like these made men dream and, just as importantly, improved the way they got their wares to market.

It comes as no surprise, then, that bridges—in their ideal form and as feats of engineering—have long inspired artists to sing their praises. From Wordsworth's "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" to Hart Crane's ecstatic canto to the Brooklyn Bridge to a recent documentary on the Golden Gate Bridge's suicide appeal, bridges—especially the world's more impressive structures—invite the mind to dream big, pushing the limits of the imagination toward new ideas about established ways of living.

Copyright © 2007 Dumbo Arts Center

spot check

Urban Center books

found a list of bookstores for design and architecture from archidose. I decided to go to the first one on the list after my visit to the Asian Contemperary Art Fair. it's a tiny space comparing to most of the bookstores in the city. but it's got gems that barnes and noble don't carry.

457 Madison Avenue (between 50th and 51st Streets)

the adore

very warm boutique cafe. i believe the owner and the employees are from japan.
delecate pastry. go check it out if you're around union square.

17 E 13th Street (between 5th Ave & University Place)

Fun in and out of the Studio!!!!

Building systems (Ralph left us alone for way too long so we decided to entrain ourselves with the projector):

Who knew playing with your shadow could be so much fun?!?!

Mans and Eunbee's get together:

Ladys, I love the new place and thanks for having us over!!! It really does feels like home but just because you guys have this new place doesn't mean you guys can be m.i.a in the studio. OK!!!

ACAF

My friend is working at an art fair exhibiting works by contemporary Asian artists aaaand i thought it would be cool for us to go see it. I don't exactly know if everyone's gonna be able to see this on time but for those of you that happen upon this post or are forced to come with me LETS GO. Here are the details.


....Did i mention also that it's FREE ADMISSION on Monday (11-5 though)?

DUMBO

The NY Times published a great slide show on discovering DUMBO. In addition to the fantastic images, it provides some interesting historical context. Good luck with the project. I hope everyone is making good progress.



-Cody, Academic Advisor

Campana Brothers

fernando and humberto campana
the brothers fernando (1961) and humberto campana (1953)
are two of the most famous south american designers.
since 1983, fernando, who graduated in architecture,
and humberto, who studied law, have worked together
in the field of design, or better between art and
design. in their joint studio, a sort of converted garage,
in são paulo, brazil, they develop furniture which are
often based on everyday, ready-made materials
- waste products as well as industrial goods.
some of their designs are manufactured
by edra and cappellini.

Look at their interactive web at http://www.campanas.com.br/

lunch spot

I don't know if you guys have ever noticed the stairs to the west of our building. right across the street from the taxi place. it's a good place to sit down and relax.

"Deadline's approaching, and I don't really have anything to show yet."

"I don't know what to do with my project, i'm just not feeling it"

I think everyone's have this similar experiences after a year in our program. sometime we get fed up with so many different things from every class and we spend so much time in the same studio. being stuck in the studio all the time is not always necessarily good for us. go out and get some fresh air. put on your headphones and listen to your favorite music. go to your favorite coffee place and enjoy life in a different way for a little bit. get away from the routine a little bit and maybe it'll bring you some new ideas that will even surprise yourself.

mairo and joanna matching today

REEESEARCH

Brooklyn Bridge park--- Inspirational!! Well I think so !

copy left

i was talking with ismael about my project the other day and the conversation some how carried on to everyone learning from each other. and ismael brought up this thing call "copy left" which i've never heard of before. it's basically the opposite of copyright. as a designer, artists, writer...etc to grant rights for everyone to use his/her work. interesting thing to know.

copyleft:

copyleft is a play on the word copyright and is the practice of using copyright law to remove restrictions on distributing copies and modified versions of a work for others and requiring that the same freedoms be preserved in modified versions.

click image for more information from wikipedia.

Hilarious cat times!

http://lolcats.com

// finally.

the hunt is over.
about time too!

this also means no one has to hear me whine anymore, woo!

you have to come by as soon as you guys are done the next studio project. yes, you too hanna!

no excuses.

it's not scary, i promise.

Museum of the Moving Image: Warhol's World

Hey guys, so I was checking out coolhunting.com and I saw this article about Andy Warhol. The Museum of the Moving Image, is having a tribute to Andy Warhol's films, the tribute called "Warhol's World," the film series is showing 40 of his works behind the camera, it opened Saturday, October 20,2007 and is running through November 11,2007. They're showing two films daily, so lets check it out guysss!! The Museum of the Moving Image is located at: 35 Avenue at 36 Street Astoria, NY 11106. =)

Renzo Piano

Check out this architect Renzo Piano with High-Tech Modern style. Heard about him from Rik. It looks factory or scuffolding, BUT just pay attention to the detail...

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Renzo_Piano.html

ametrica

Yes! for metric system.

"ametrica"

sva grad student on core 77. sva mfa student amy wang's thesis "ametrica", a campaign to convert america to metric system is mentioned on core 77's monday post.

fall 2007 chair project

after a few weeks of hard work. today was finally the presentation for the chair. there were problems of finishing on time but i'm sure we all learned a lot from this project. so basically over the past week, kids from my class stayed over at the studio almost every single night trying to finish up the fabrication of the "infamous" chair project. many chairs came out to be extremely complicated to create and I wished there was more time for everyone to finish. Rik invited great jurors who gave us a lot of critical and constructive critiques which always helps us young designers. thanks rik.
obviously lack of sleep was a problem for most of the people but I was really happy to see people trying to help each other out. Manu stuck through with us even though she wasn't in our class!! thanks manu.
i hope everyone enjoyed and learned a great deal from the project this time. be excited for the next project!! by the way please post your boards or images of your chairs up. good job guys.

2:48 AM, Oct 15th

preview of chair project. right now is 2:48 AM in the studio. people are trying to finish up the chair. here's a picture of everyone's chair in process.

for myra and the interior designers

i came along this post in core 77 about "wood porn." it's basically photos of "highly figured logs." they're also a wood supplier and the website consists of some information about many kinds of wood. click image to link.

The Interior Design Monster

October 5, 2006, Drafting Class:)
I had started a sketch. And then he got me.

can i tell you how long it took me to figure out how to post on this?!

I've been reading the bloggie poo and wanted to contribute! It's really scary how I can still feel the pressure creepin' up my bones and suffocating me from the inside when I read..creepy.
But I'm out here now, and design management is fun! I learn about design and all that gushy stuff that I love, but don't want to commit suicide! Haha. I miss you all! There aren't really any people that instantly connect out here, like everyone @ studio..or not..but whatever lol which is why I joined a sorority..still getting a feel for my "sisters" lol they are really great girls. but they are girls...and care about girl stuff...and do girl things...haha...I know I said this already but I really miss everyone. I'm going to register for classes in a couple of weeks, which can only mean ONE thing: KOREAN CLASS HERE I COME! hahahaha I can't wait, i'm going to kick some korean language ass, guys! hahaha..well I feel a tad silly writing on here since I don't take interior anymore, even though jimi did invite me, I lava lava you guys. STAY STRONG. don't let it get you. (it=the interior design monster) speaking of the interior design monster, i found this sketchbook that i started last year but didnt finish and brought with me here, and i drew the interior design monster and i wrote "paige will not be eaten by the interior design monster. paige will sketch." HAHA. that was a totalll side note. but anyway, don't let it eat you. even though he's realllllyhungry.

update on chair

we have about a week left for the chair project. since people haven't started building yet, i expect to see some zombies in the studio over the next week.


the open house new york event takes place this weekend through out the 5 boroughs. it's a great opportunity for people who are interested in architecture and design. click the image above for more info.

material strength test by mr. notton

Aspire to Inspire

Hey- So went into the studio today at 8am with Hanna and Eunbee, got nothing done and we probably became more crazy in the process of trying to figure out a design for the chair project. Yea, we know, we should have had our designs down pact, since a weeks ago, but I don't think people really understand how hard it is to build a life size chair out of cardboard, that you actually like.



After begin in the studio from 8am-3pm, me and Manu went to see the screening of "WE OWN THE NIGHT", starring Jaoquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall. The movie was really good and to make it even better James Gray the director was there, he was hilarious and I got a better understanding of the whole movie. Bedtime ^_^

So it's about 12:30 am right now and i've drawn about 10 sq. inches of marble so far....

...I've been here since 8.

i should lie in my bed

vertical project, some people had fun and some people thought it was a waste of time. the department offered a lot of money though.

i don't know what this guy is looking for in my fridge. oh tormi.

still sick, i wanna start my chair but the studio is a dangerous place to go. i know i'll get sick again if i go to the studio. went to sauna with mairo yesterday. it was amazing. i sweated like crazy. i think i did sweat some of those virus out of me.

secret sunshine

what do you do when god forgives your enemy before you do? the Christianity part of the movie "secret sunshine" was something I wasn't really expecting to see in this movie. the relationship between shin ae (played by jeon do-yeon) and god played a good part throughout the movie after the tragic lost of husband and son. its point of view on christianity is awfully real on the surface. singing, praying, and people acting like they don't really see the reality. it's true but it's only the surface of Christianity because the indescribable Christian spirituality is beyond our five senses. it was over all good actor and actress but i wish the story was more complete.


today is october 2nd. i had a hard day shivering at the studio yesterday. fever and coughing. not a good sign for the chair project. we got our cardboards yesterday. some serious cardboards. about 150 sheets of 4 by 8 cardboards. Ismael saw the boards and was like, "you're gonna build a house?" 13 days