Mark Jenkins: Go Figure!

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/35246173] American artist Mark Jenkins’s urban (and rural) interventions are street-smart—in the truest sense of the word. Jenkins creates and sets free a colorful cast of characters by way of clear tape casts: the homeless, kids, vagrants, polar bears, and horses (to name but a few) all take their place in the wild, wild… Continue reading Mark Jenkins: Go Figure!

100 Urban Trends

A Glossary of Ideas from the BMW Guggenheim Lab (Berlin) http://cdn.guggenheim.org/BMW/100_Urban_Trends_1106_3MB.pdf 100_Urban_Trends_1106_3MB http://www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/100urbantrends/#!/new-york-city/3 plus there will be soon an exhibition about it at the Guggenheim in NY (October 11, 2013–January 5, 2014) http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/participatory-city-100-urban-trends-from-the-bmw-guggenheim-lab

new book: Going public

eben erschienen im Gestalten-Verlag: Publisher Gestalten writes: Going Public showcases the creative revival of public space in our urban and rural landscapes. The book’s compelling selection of formal and informal interventions, reclamations, and architecture illustrates the current scope and interest in refashioning and repurposing our built environment for public use. The objectives of the featured examples are… Continue reading new book: Going public