#Andres Kurg

[jgthirlwell]

Anne Senstad is a multi-disciplinary artist from Norway, who works in sculptural installations examining light, sound, and color. JG Thirlwell has provided the sound environment for many of her pieces.

A new book, Neon Guides Me, chronicles her work, and on Nov 5 2022 there will be an event at The Emily Harvey Foundation in NYC to celebrate the publication. Anne Senstad, JG Thirlwell and  Brooklyn Rail editior Tom McGlyn will have a panel discussion, followed by a video talk with publisher Praun & Guermouche, and a neon installation on view.

The Emily Harvey Foundation, 537 Broadway #2 NYC 10012. The event is from 4pm-6pm and the panel discussion happens at 4.15pm. Free admission.

NEON GUIDES ME includes texts by JG Thirlwell and Patrick Rolandelli, Catherine Christer Hennix, Andres Kurg, Erik Meling, Sanna Karimäki-Nuutinen, Dr Aura Seikkula, Marianne Solberg and Sarah Walko.

Published by Praun & Guermouche 144 pages, hardcover

Edition of 600 ISBN 978-91-527-1427-0

[architectuul]

Centrifugal Tendencies

Paper architects are no paper tigers. This is true, but not the main conclusion of an excellent exhibition currently held at the Museum of Architectural Drawing in Berlin. Therefore this phrase cannot be the title of the aforementioned exhibition and even less so the title of this post. On the other hand, Centrifugal Tendencies hits the nail on its head. This is therefore one of the rare instances where an exhibition title seems to be also a perfect title for the post which reviews the exhibition.

Alexei Pestov, Bridge of the Future, 1987 (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

Notwithstanding – you might have guessed it already – there is a connection with paper architecture. The works shown in Berlin stem from a group of architects around Yuri Avvakumov who coined the term paper architecture in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Centrifugal Tendencies recalls a time when the unofficial architectural world of the Soviet Union started to expand. The iron curtain became permeable. Ideas began to spread. 

Ülevi Eljand, Aliens in Tallinn, 1973 / 2002 (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

The exhibition tells the story of architects in three cities, Novosibirsk, Tallinn and Moscow who all wanted to be somewhere else. The architects of Novosibirsk wanted to be in Moscow, the architects from Tallinn wanted to be as far away from Moscow as possible and the architects from Moscow wanted to be everywhere but in the Soviet capital. They all found themselves at the fringes of the status quo. In the 1980s their ideas had no place in the Soviet architecture establishment. They were however allowed to participate in international competitions and many of the drawings presented are former competition entries  for ideas competitions called in cities like Tokyo, New York or Los Angeles. 

Dmitry Ivanov, Pair of Perspective Skyscrapers, 1986 (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

This exhibition shows eloquently that paper architecture is more than conveying an architectural idea on a piece of paper. Many of the architects whose drawings are exhibited in Berlin were not only great draughtsmen, they also became prolific builders at a later stage of their careers. Notwithstanding this not a question of building or not building. It is a statement that a discourse on the built environment must have many facets. Yes, it can be aesthetic.Yes, it can be political. Yes, it can be programmatic. But all this is nothing if we can’t display our emotions. They are sometimes uplifting, sometimes sad, at best inspiring, even funny or just crazy. They always attest to the human condition. The emotional aspect of building, an even rarer trait today than forty years ago, is something which we must be careful not to lose when centrifugal tendencies start to take their toll. 

Centrifugal Tendencies: Tallinn - Moscow - Novosibirsk Curators: Yuri Avvakumov, Andres Kurg 

October 7, 2017 to February 18, 2018 

Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing Christinenstraße 18a, 10119 Berlin, Germany

 Leonhard Lapin, The Chess of Estonian Architectural Century, 1984 (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

Lev Evzovich, Mark Haisman, Trolleybus Stop “Kropotkinskaya”, 1984  (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

Viktor Smyshlyaev, Evgeny Burov, House on Zubovskaya Square, 1985-1986  (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

Toomas Rein, “Nirvana”, a house for a healer Vigala Sass in Saaremaa, exhibition display, 1983 (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

Yuri Avvakumov, Mikhail Belov, Sepulchral Skyscraper or Self-Elevating Metropolitan Columbarium, 1983 / 1988 (Courtesy Tchoban Foundation)

[professionallimits-blog]

EHITUSKUNST

Eesti arhitektuuri käsitlev jätkväljaanne.

Asutatud 1983.aastal.

Kokku 58 eksemplari -

kuni 39/40 Eesti Arhitektide Liit (peatoimetaja Leonhard Lapin)

kuni 53/54 Sihtasutus Kultuurileht (peatoimetaja Ingrid Ruudi)

kuni tänapäevani Eesti Kunstiakadeemia (viimane väljaanne 2016. Aastal, peatoimetajad Kadri Klementi ja Aet Ader) 

Focussing on Estonian architecture. Published once a year.

First edition - 1983.

58 publications -

Until 39/40 Estonian Architects Union (head editor Leonhard Lapin)

Until 53/54 Foundation Kultuurileht (head editor Ingrid Ruudi)

Until nowadays Estonian Academy of Arts (last edition in 2016, head editors Kadri Klementi ja Aet Ader

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No 36/37 Klassika ja klassitsism, 2003

See on kõige vanem eksemplar, mis ma kätte sain ning minu esmamulje ajakirjast: Ajakiri on paks, meenutab raamatut. Tekstid on Eesti kui ka Ingliskeeles.

Antud raamat käsitlev alguses klassistsismi üldiselt, näiteid maailmas ja jõuab Eestini. Jõuab uuemate klassitsismi lahendusteni/arhitektuurisete lahendusteni.  

This is the oldest copy and my first impression in the magazine: The magazine is thick, like a book. The texts are in Estonian and also in English.

This book talks about classism, what is it and some examples. Finally the magazine reaches newer classical solutsions (in architecture)

-Oxford. GB. 

No 41/42 2005 (peatoimetaja Ingrid Ruudi/head editor Ingrid Ruudi)

Välimus: paber on teistsugusest materjalist

See ajakiri räägib üldiselt arhitektuurist ja selle arengust, näiteid on nii Suur Britanniast, Prantsusmaalt kui ka Eestist (näiteks Kopli liinid)

Appearance: In that magazine, paper is different

This magazine generally speaks of architecture and its development, examples frim GB, France and Estonia (for example Kopli lines).

Andres Kurg. GB

Tõnis Kimmel. Veel kord sekkumisest

Kalle Komissarov. Kõvaks keedetud arhitektuur

Indrek Peil. Arhitektuur kui vastuolude distsipliin

Tõnu Laigu. Optimismi viljad

Katrin Paadam. Kopli liinid – kas oma või võõras allakäigutee?

Emotsionaalne arhitektuur. Intervjuu rumeenia-hollandi kunstniku Călin Daniga

Mike Davis. Slummide Planeet

Stephen Cairns. Triivimine. Arhitektuur migratsioon

No 43/44 Arhitektuur ja meedia/ Architecture and media 2005

Tutvustusest loeme, et edukas arhitektuuribüroo peab tänapäeval tegelema ka suhtekorraldusega.

Meediakujund loeb. Intervjuu Laura Iloniemiga

Pingutatakse suurema kajastuse nimel, arhitektuuri populaarsus tõuseb. Intervjuu- Imago on arhitektuuris järjest olulisem.

Successful architectureal firm must also deal with public relations today.

The media image reads. Interview with Laura Iloniuemi.

Make an effort for greater reflection, the popularity of architecture is rising.

Interview - Imago is more important in architecture

No 45/46 Keskkonnatundlik arhitektuur/Environmentally Sensitive Architecture 2006

Inga Raukas. Tark disain.

Ökoloogiline disain. Ökoloogiline prototüüp: puitlaastud, hundinuiavill, saviblokid ja lihtsast töötlemata puidust. Eestis kasvava majanduse tuuleveskite, inimeste uljuse või, vastupidi, konservatiivsusega võideldes on väga raske katsetusi ja riske vajavaid projekte teostada.

Inga Raukas. Intelligent Design.

Ecological architecture. Prototype ecological house- built of clay blocks made of mood chips and bulrush wool and simple structural elements of unfinished wood. In struggling with the windmills of Estonia’s growing economy, the daring of people, or reverse conservatism, it is very difficult to achieve the realisation of projects requiring experimentation and risk.

No 47/48 Louis Isadore Kahn.

Raamat/Ajakiri räägib ühest arhitektist.

Ingrid Mald-Villand, Toivo Tammik. Toimetuselt

Louis I. Kahn. Monumentaalsus (1944)

Louis I. Kahn. Vorm ja kavand (1960)

August Komendant. Kahn kui poeet-filosoof ja arhitekt-õpetaja

Olavi Pesti. Sajanditagune Kuressaare.

Anne Griswold Tyng. Louis Kahni mateeria, valguse ja energi

Alexandra Tyng. Vorm, kord, kujundus: Inspiratsiooiprotsess

Robert McCarter. Louis I. Kahn ja Aldo van Eyck: paralleelid moodsa arhitektuuri teises traditsioonis

The magazine talks about one achitect- Louis Isadore Kahn.

-vaade Mehhikost/view: Mexico

No 49/50 Poliitiline linn/Political city 

Suur osa tekste lähtub Eesti Kunstiakadeemias 25-26.arillil 2007 aastal peetud sissekandeist.

Michael Sorkin. Linnadisaini lõpp(eesmärgid)

Volker Eick. Neoliberalism ja linnaruum

Jüri Soolep. Ääremärkused diagnoosiks: Imagosfäär tulgu I

Toomas Tammis. Katkestuste linn

Toomas Paaver. Mida õpetab Sakala saaga?

Anne Haila. Maakasutuse legaalsed ja moraalsed aspektid: Hiina juhtum

Lilia del Rio. Iga linn on saar: Vaade Mehhikost

Alan Prohm. L’Urbanisme n’existe pas. Situatsionistlik kriitika ja radikaalne praktika

Vabadusplakat

Political city. The problematic and several texts of this issue are from Urban Studies Days, held at the Estonian academy of Arts in April 25th-26th, 2007.

No 50/51 Positsioonid/Positsions. 2010

Ajakiri räägib üleskutsest jagada oma mõtteid teemal, millist arhitektuurikirjutust me vajame. Arhitektide arvamused teooria ja praktika suhtes.

Kasutatud erinevaid kursusetöid ning kirjutatud on ka seminaridest (Riik kui kodu)

The current issue started with a new editorial board and a widesbread call for papers on the issue of which kind of architecture writing we need. Architects opinions about most common theoretical strands and viewpoints.

In this number has been used different master theses and comments from the seminars (The State as home)

No 55 Arhitektuuriharidus oma digitaalse reprodutseeritavuse ajastul 2012 (peatoimetajad/head editors Kadri Klementi ja Aet Ader)

Teistsugune välimus, teistsugune sisemust.

Mikk Heinsoo, Kaarel Nõmmik. Graafilistelt disaineritelt

Maarin Ektermann. Kõrghariduse kriitika ning võimalikud alternatiivid

Toomas Tammis. Arhitektuur kui praktika ja uurimus. Mõned mõtted arhitektuuriharidusest Eesti Kunstiakadeemias

Vladimir Frolov. Strelka* suund. Arhitektuuriharidus tänapäeva Venemaal

Sam Jacob. Kopeerimise muuseum

Ludger Hovestadt. Järgmine suur sund

Christopher Maloney. Kuidas õpetada parasiit-professionaali

Reedik Poopuu. Ülikool versus linn

Alvin Järving, Mari Hunt. Subkultuurid ehituskunstis

Mari Rass. Ruum parandab – kaasaegne kinnipidamisasutus

Johanna Jõekalda. Retrospektiiv ja tulevikuperspektiiv – Ülevaade Eesti Kunstiakadeemia arhitektiõppest möödunud aasta sündmuste näitel

Kunstiosa

Different from outside, diffetent from inside.

No 56. ...nagu arhitektuurist tantsida/ ..like dancing about architecture 2013

Arhitektuuri kolme mõõdet esitatakse tihti kahes- jooniste ja skeemidena- või hoopis täht tähe järel tekstina. Arhitektide mõtted ruumist teisenevad sõnadeks, piltideks, visanditeks, renderiteks, žestideks, heliks, filmiks, tunneteks ja aistinguteks.

Architecture’s three dimensions are often presented in two- as drawings, diagrams or, letter by letter, as text. Architectural thoughts transfrom into words, images, sketches, renderins, gestures, sounds, films, feelings and percetions.

No 57. Tellis, mida sina soovid? / What do you want, brick? 2015

Manuel Kretzer. Miks nii tõsine?

Kärt Ojavee. Integreeritud tehnoloogia elukeskkonnas

Ivan Sergejev. Materiaalsuse kiituseks

Mirko Zardini. Austusavaldus asfaldile

Siim Tuksam. Aine olek

Eve Komp. Ruumide vahel

Grete Veskiväli. Manifest kehalisele maastikule

Klaske Havik & Gus Tielens. Materjal ja atmosfäär

No 58. Võimu kriteerium on selle mõju arhitektuurile/ The Measure Power is What It Does with Architecture 2016

Kaja Pae. Sa eelistaksid mitte? Avalikust ruumist, kontrollist ja vastutusest.

Maroš Krivý. Parametritsistlik* arhitektuur, tark linn ja konsensuspoliitika

Roland Reemaa. Sisemusest.

Bart Cosijn. Demokraatia teatri lammutamine.

Maroš Krivý & Owen Hatherley. Elamuehitusest.

Maria Freimann. Arhitektuuri uued väljakutsed.

Johanna Jõekalda & Mario Carpo. Kaasaja märkidest.

Andres Ojari, Toomas Tammis, Siiri Vallner, Aet Ader, Kadri Klementi. See on radikaalne kontekstualism.

-Väljak siseruumis, meediakunst, reklaamid, ärid, üritused, ühistransport, ootesaal ning turvakaamerad Rotterdami rongijaamas, Hollandis. Foto: Roland Reemaa

See on viimane ilmunud eksemplar. 

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Kokkuvõtteks. Ajakirjad muutusid ajas, enda välimuselt kaante pealt kui ka raamatu sisemuses. Ajakirjade juures on positiivne see, et seal on tekst nii eestikeeles kui ka ingliskeeles, kuid negatiivne see, et antud ajakiri tundub liiga folisoofiline ja minu jaoks oli raskesti loetav. Kuigi pean tõdema, et kui võtta internetis raamatute tekstid lahti, siis seda on parem lugeda. Internetis pole artiklitel nii palju pilte kui raamatus ning on ainult eestikeeles. 

In conclusion. The magazines changed over time, with their looks on the cover and inside the book. The positive thing is that there is text in both languages, in Estonian and English, but the negative thing is that this magazine seems too philosophical and difficult to read (at least to me). Although I have to admit that when you open Ehituskunst magazine on the internet, it's better to read it. There aren't so many pictures next to articles, as in the book, and it's in Esonian only.

-BM

[miriadonline]

CFP: Narrating Home in Visual Arts (Stockholm, 24-25 Jan 18)

Narrating Home in Visual Arts Through an East West Divide

Homemaking and everyday life have been central to political debates, artistic practices and for theorists in the twentieth century. For instance, Walter Benjamin considered the home at the beginning of the 20th century to be like a universe for the private citizen. To represent the home was not just à la mode; interior design as a form of self-expression was much spread across Europe and the American continent.

Home interiors became metaphors for bourgeois identity, but the home was also treated as the battlefield for existential and social problems. The Swedish author Ellen Key proposed that better tastes in interior design, with simple lines and light colour schemes, would create better citizens. The Russian writer and revolutionist Alexandra Kollontay had a radically differing view than Key on family life and propagated for communal care and women’s roles outside of family structures. In the post-war period consumerism and advertising evolved around the ‘perfect’ home and private family-life. The home became once again a debated topic with political impetus.

Research on the home has contributed to discussions regarding, for instance, canon formation and power structures. In many countries in the West, the women’s movement changed how the home environment and family life were politicized in society and narrated in art in the 1960’s. In Eastern Europe and the Baltic states domestic environments have been equally potent matters but within a different political and artistic framework. Through this conference ‘Narrating Home in Visual Arts Through an East West Divide’ we wish to explore how different fields in the visually based arts including film, design and architecture have investigated home and family life in specific Eastern and Western European cultural and political contexts. We propose a particular focus on the 1960’s ­ 1980’s, but we also open up for larger historical trajectories.

http://www.sh.se/narrating_home_in_visual_arts

Confirmed Keynote speakers:

Susan E. Reid, Professor of Cultural History, Loughborough University Andres Kurg, Senior Researcher, Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Art and Culture, Institute of Art History and Visual Culture.

Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following: € Home in the visual arts, design and architecture in the 1960¹s-80¹s € The home in art as heterogenic and culturally specific € The home in relation to social, political, historical and aesthetic contexts € The complexity of comparison € Home in art and feminism in the Baltic states € The home in art as a contested place € The home in art as a protected place

Please email a 300 word abstract and short CV to Katarina.macleod@sh.se or Tora.lane@sh.se by 15 October 2017.

This conference is in collaboration with Moderna Museet and is funded by the Centre for Baltic and Eastern European Studies, Södertörn University.