Chia Chuyia – Knitting the Future

In this durational performance piece, the artist slowly knits a body-length garment out of leeks over five weeks.

The artist is also concerned about environmental issues; as she remarks, “This performance produces a suit to protect the body from an unknown future.” The human body is “land that needs to be taken care of.” By protecting the body, she is protecting the land through this performance. Knitting the Future recalls older rituals of food preparation and suggests that perhaps our future lies in our past.

Tissi Clemens

Clemens Tissi, architect, was born in 1963 in Schaffhausen, Northern Switzerland. In the 1990s he moved to Berlin, opening a gallery dedicated to 20th century design. Since 2010 the Swiss architect’s focus has been on minimalist furniture and lighting, transferring the utopian spirit of modernism into the present. As an architect Tissi has realized a large number of projects for private residences that continue to showcase his multi-talented approach. His latest project in 2015 is the architecture exhibition of the permanent collection for the Bauhaus-Archive Museum in Berlin.

Here is Tissi Clemens’ light box idea: Lichtkiste.

To know more: https://blog-espritdesign.com/pays/allemagne/la-boite-a-lumiere-par-tissi-clemens-5787

Similar ideas: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/43558321386597076/

Swiss Artist David Bill

https://bill-art.ch/

David is the son of Jakob Bill, a fellow artist who is the son of Bauhaus student and Swiss architect Max Bill. David follows in a similar vein to what came before him, using this inspiration in a modern way and creating wonderful works of art. His theme of working revolves around the idea of “contours of space”, using asymmetry and relationships in the object to create deception and intrigue. For me they are unique because they toe the line between something that’s aesthetically pleasing and something that’s quite bold and intense. To know more: https://steemit.com/art/@oen/contours-of-space-multidimensional-sculptures-by-swiss-artist-david-bill

Primary Structures Exhibition of 1966

In 1966, the Jewish Museum hosted an exhibition which introduced a new emerging trend in sculpture, presented as “New Art”. Titled Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculptors, the show presented works which shared general characteristics of scale, simplified geometry and smooth, often colorful, industrial surfaces.

To know more: https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/primary-structures-exhibition-1966

Title: Installation view of the exhibition ‘Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculptors’. The Jewish Museum, NY, April 27 – June 12, 1966
Location: The Jewish Museum
City: New York
Country: USA
Period/Style: Modern and Contemporary Art
Genre: Documentary

Note: Photo by Ambur Hiken.

Credits: Photo The Jewish Museum/Art Resource/Scala, Florence

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

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