Open Now: The St. Pauli Open Air Gallery
Yesterday someone pointed me to a fresh photo exhibition in the heart of Hamburg’s district of St. Pauli and bordering neighbourhoods, titled ‘All Over the Kiez’. This project plays with the common ideas regarding art exhibitions since it does not take place in a gallery or any closed off location. Instead, all the artworks are […]
Kitchen Farming By Philips
Philips is busy rolling out interesting new concepts related to the future of food production. Their so-called Biotower is such an idea. This new kitchen installation aims to break with the tradition of growing food 1,000 miles away from your gas cooker. It not only proposes a new solution of growing your food right in […]
The QR Cloud Project: Micro Secrets In Public Space
Recently, Amsterdam-based urban concept office Golfstromen launched the temporary QR Cloud Project in the western part of the Dutch capital. The project consists of seven artworks that make use of QR technology to present coded micro stories, poems and proverbs written by Dutch writers, poets and scientists. Famous sociologist Abram de Swaan, creative team Kim […]
PIG 05049: Mapping A Pig’s Life
More news about art and animals! PIG 05049 is a project by Rotterdam-based artist Christien Meindertsma. She has spent three years on mapping one single pig, with the purpose of not to find out what it means to actually be a pig, but rather to show a pig’s real societal relevance. Actually, a pig in […]
Spreading Love By RFID Tagged Pigeons
Use a dove to show your love! Starting today, Amsterdam people can use city pigeons to spread their love. Flying from loft to loft, hundred ‘love doves’ contribute to the Erotic City. The I Dove You project is about love in the city and combines the newest artificial communication methods with the most historical ones. […]
Living Life Vertically
Tiago Primo and his brother Gabriel have slept, worked and eaten on the side of a building in old center of Rio de Janeiro all summer long, from May till August. “The brothers were equipped with mountain climbing gear, and if nature calls, can scramble over to the verandah of a neighboring art gallery, where […]
Moment Mapping
Many of you have, at least once, met someone who you definitely wanted to see again. Most of the time with romantic purposes, to be honest. There’s only one problem that’s really frustrating: you don’t know anything about that nice person. No name, no phone number, no email address. How to find him, or her? […]
How Bus Shelters Become Art Installations
For the occasion of the Artists Taking The Lead fund, designers Alfie Dennen and Paula Le Dieu have proposed an installation of approximately 40 1.75m x 1.3m LED panels on the roofs of bus shelters across all London boroughs. Their project, which they call ‘Bus-Tops’, will be a democratised virtual canvas that displays work created […]
Drop Spots: Turning Public Space Into A Secret Mailbox
Speaking about a city that has to become more exciting, online applications can do a job that’s worth a million. I recently stumbled upon this website called Drop Spots, which is not very new, but definitely interesting. Drop Spots is a simple online application for exchanging secret urban spaces. Hidden micro spots all over the […]
The Urban Underwater Experience
I often get jealous at advertising creatives. They are able to create atmospheres, situations and places that are unthinkable of in the real world. They are able to create illusions and make their vision or dream come true for a minute. This US Cellular commercial is absolutely great. Just have a look and get inspired. […]
Concrete Rooflessness
This concrete floor installation in Halle, Germany, is one of the most interesting pieces of public art I've seen. Created by Dagmar Schmidt, the 'Grabungsstaedte' represents a profound memory of German Plattenbau architecture.
The Newest Gadget: New York City Garbage
How to make something out of nothing? According to NYC-based artist Justin Gignac, “one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure. But New York City’s garbage, well, that’s art.” Gignac began selling garbage in 2001, with the purpose to sell something online that no single rational individual would ever buy: transparant cubes filled with garbage. Over […]
Gaming In The City: Facades As Racing Tracks
This is just great. It looks so cool from a distance, as if those boring buildings come to life during night. Most brilliant perhaps is the fact that the projection is done on the facade of the Secretary of Transport in Prague, Czech Republic. All you need is a few people, two cars, a generator, a PS3 […]
Online Shopping Gets Real For One Week In East London
Online fashion retailer Roktic has opened one of the heaviest short-term pop-up stores I’ve ever heard of. For only one week Roktic will land at the East Gallery at London’s fashionable Brick Lane. While most old-style brands suffer to find themselves a solid online position, new companies walk the other direction. More Internet-based concepts are looking for a place in the […]
The New Style Mobile Office
We’re unlucky to have chosen a name for this blog that is mostly associated with the paper-sort of pop-up architecture. You’ll understand what I mean by this video which contains carefully cutted pieces of paperwork popping out of books when opening. That is great work in general, but not really interesting. This one, however, is […]
