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art . architecture workshop 2016 brito.rodriguez . rebecca salter . duarte belo . pedro pacheco . cátia pessoa atelier brito.rodriguez . lisbon july 09-16 . 2016

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peter zumthor: different  kinds of silence

via louisiana channel

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‘Serenity is the great and true antidote against anguish and fear, and today, more than ever, it is the architect’s duty to make of it a permanent guest in the home, no matter how sumptuous or humble. Throughout my work I have always strived to achieve serenity, but one must be on guard not to destroy it by the use of an indiscriminate palette.'

luis barragán

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art.architecture workshop 2015 . lisbon

brito.rodriguez . kate beck . building pictures atelier torres&dase . cédric dasesson

workshop . exhibition . lectures

atelier brito.rodriguez 13 july . 18 july 2015

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rebecca salter . along these lines

beardsmore gallery . london  14 may . 6 june 2015

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eduardo chillida art catalogue . derrière le miroir. DLM #174. eduardo chillida . 1968

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Brito.Rodriguez is pleased to share Kate Beck's inspiring work that led us to the design of Site Pavilion.

Harpswell, Maine . USA

Abandon (detail) . graphite on paper, 50.8 x 50.8 cm, 2011 . Kate Beck

I Dwell, You Dwell . poured oil on aluminum, 139.7 x 86.4 cm, 2010 . Kate Beck

Modulation 01.5 . graphite on paper, on aluminum, 30.5 x 30.5 cm, 2011 . Kate Beck

Poetics (Deep) . graphite on paper, 50.8 x 50.8 cm, 2012 . Kate Beck

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"The mind cannot always live in a 'divine ether'.  The lark cannot always sing at heaven's gate.  There must exist a place to spring from -- a refuge from the heights, an anchorage of thought... "                                                                                                                                             - Wallace Stevens

I am a painter.

And maybe even, when I am lucky, a poet.

I live and work by the sea on a quiet shore on the coast of Maine.  Here within an extremity of elements, my perceptions are dictated by the very real architectonics of nature -- waves, reflections, refractions, meanderings -- vital motions -- delineating and enveloping an existence.  I have been beneath these skies, walking these beaches, swimming in this cold salt water my entire life.  This is my place.

Two years ago, I made the acquaintance of Inês Martins de Brito and Gilberto Rodriguez, principals in the studio of Brito.Rodriguez in Lisbon, Portugal.  I was instantly smitten by the kindred devotion to place and to humanity as evidenced in their eloquently integrated expressions of architecture and landscape.  In these ensuing months, we have entered into a collaborative project together, designed purely around the axis of personal response to our shared sensibilities and works, the sensory experience of place bound by a far-reaching sea.

As the culmination of our collaborative project, Brito.Rodriguez has designed Site Pavilion for me, an off-shore pavilion on the outer reaches of Jaquish Island, here in Harpswell, Maine.  This single, reaching architectural gesture manifests in contrasting materials of steel, water and bedrock creating a place of intimacy, reflection and contemplation amongst the extreme elements of nature and the sea.  

I am most honored and privileged to share in this extraordinary sensorial experience which speaks directly to me, and of me, embracing the components of vital motion that I strive to attain in my large painted and drawn surfaces.  

Architecture as an emotive embodiment of light and land mass; an interstice, perhaps, between the collective whole and the resounding context.

I am always attracted to the white field.

The painting is always whole.  

Thank you, Inês and Gilberto.

                                                                                                       -Kate Beck                                                                                              WhiteSpot Studio                                                                                      Harpswell, Maine USA                                                                                                   February 2015

A place between elements of nature A path leads one through elements of vegetation towards the edge of the island.  A gentle slope pulls you into the ground and the emotion of space is activated by movement and delineated where the sea, bedrock and vegetation all meet. Reduced to a singular gesture, it is a subtle yet firm intervention, allowing for solitude between walls.  A place where a natural pool of water and light are discovered.  This is a place of isolation with your thoughts and memories, a small refuge within a remarkable landscape. The Site Pavilion is a sensorial experience between contrasting materials of steel, water and bedrock, a place open to nature's subtle nuances of fresh light, reflections, scents, air and sounds of crashing waves. Architecture has emerged from the crevices of the landscape.   The poetics of silence and the emotion in architecture. A pavilion for the artist Kate Beck.                                                                        

A sincere thank you to our dear friend Kate, whose work we highly admire and have followed over the years.  We look forward to sharing more experiences in the years to come.

Warm regards, Brito.Rodriguez  

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pierre soulages: outrenoir . a film by barbara anastacio

via nowness

pierre soulages: outrenoir the french artist reflects on love and light at his paris studio

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michael heizer . tangential circular negative line (1968 | 2012) . swiss alps via air & art foundation

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brito.rodriguez . texas landscape

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donald judd . 101 spring street . new york

via above york

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hélène binet . manifesta 7 . scenarios . fortezza . italy . 2008

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magdalena jetelová . iceland . 1992

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ark.in is pleased to present the collaboration between Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda and Jordanian architect designer Mais al Azab.

Art installation collaboration between Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda (proposing an artwork in the Jordanian desert addressing the Dubailisation of the horizon phenomena) and Jordanian architect designer Mais al Azab (designing an abstract harmonious city skyline as a set for the installation).

Installation was executed in 2013 as part of Hiwar exhibition (organized by Darat al Funun and curated by Adriano Pedrosa to celebrate 25 years of support for the Arts).

A sincere thank you to Mais al Azab for sharing their work!

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walter de maria . the new york earth room . 1977 photo: john cliett © dia art foundation

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peter zumthor . therme vals . switzerland photography: hélène binet