vienna AUSTRIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

anna STUERZENBECHER, johan TALI + daniel PROST: it is our aim to explore spaces of transition. as this is a concert-hall and pop music center project we were dealing with characteristics of sound, for example gradients or dissolving masses.

studio prix
university of applied arts

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brooklyn NEW YORK

superhero: a pop-up exhibit with jimenez LAI

6pm - 8pm superfront presents superhero: a pop-up exhibit with jimenez LAI, curated by assistant curator jackie KOENIG, with additional installation coordination by maryana GRINSHPUN and seth LAUCKS.

the exhibit will open with a reception on april 10th at 6pm - 8pm immediately following the third mixtape workshop of the series presented at SUPERFRONT BK. artist talk facilitated by mitch MCEWEN at 6:30pm.

superhero will be on view from april 10 to may 9, 2010.

brooklyn NEW YORK

04.10.10 4pm - 6pm mixtape on diy (do it yourself) public space-making

$5 suggested donation for the 4pm panel and workshops, but no one turned away.
discussion panel with cristina GOBERNA (fake industries | architectural agonism), justin MOORE, (new york city planning, brooklyn), ena MCPHERSON (parks, arts & culture, community board 3), jordan SEILER (new york street advertising takeover), hosted by dj /rupture and mitch MCEWEN (SUPERFRONT).
choose to participate in 1 of 3 teach-ins after the panel: 1) community zoning basics 2) spring gardening tactics 3) property disobedience and public dialogue.

this event is part of the cypher on urban affairs, a public program at superfront partly funded by the brooklyn arts council.

wien AUSTRIA

the sound: frame festival is the fourth year of existence, has become one of the most popular audio: visual festivals in europe. already in 2008 the festival was in the british dj mag “best vj chosen event 2008” and the international network is visible from year to year.

on invitation by eva FISCHER, the main curator of the sound:frame festival, sandra MANNINGER of span will join into a panel discussion entitled: “space, projection and virtuality. discussion on relations of design, music and architecture.”
the panelists include ambientartlab and lilli HOLLEIN (neigungsgruppe design, vienna). the discussion will be moderated by iver OHM (dieangewandte.at)

cambridge MASSACHUSETTS

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

lee-su HUANG + gregory thomas SPAW: inspired by the economic effectiveness of commercial plastic packaging, osnap! attempts to exploit the inherent advantages of widespread current technologies. vacuforming facilitated immediate testing and the ability to mass-produce units for an effective evaluation of performance. digital fabrication techniques ensured the consistent precision and quality of the working molds, allowing for fast turnaround times in iterative design development and proofing of concepts. together, these processes facilitated an exploratory approach to different joinery techniques, geometries, and streamlined production.

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new york NEW YORK

suckerPUNCH: describe your project:

karli MOLTER: a proposal for a new hotel in tribeca, new york, must respond to the dynamic urban fabric that is in constant flux and shows no sign of decreasing in density or vibrancy. the hotel must accommodate more than the small clientele of visitors who would have the opportunity to frequent, and expose itself to the city, embracing diversity and social interactions.

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montreal CANADA

08 april - 06 september 2010, canadian centre for architecture [cca], main galleries

other space odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started 40 years ago after the 1969 moon landing. featuring the work of architects greg LYNN, michael MALTZAN, and alessandro POLI, other space odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its justification. scientific expeditions, satellite launches, and the emergence of space tourism are pushing us to reconsider our relationship with the planet. for these architects, space has provided not only a rich context for experimentation, but also an extreme condition in which to test new ideas for life on earth.

philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project:

han TANG: tequila is to rethink the relationship between function and ornament in terms of interior design by incorporating stair, chandelier, and wall. on a local scale, each of these elements is carried out in a very programmatic and functional perspective in regards to its own utilization. each component changes in quality from close(solid) to open(skeleton) which adds to its variation. then by different connections, these components aggregate in a way that alternating through iteration and scale. different formation starts to emerge following those local rules through many iterations in the end.

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jaroszow POLAND

glistening in the early morning, these insects look like creatures from another planet as dew gathers on their sleeping bodies.
captured in extreme close-up, one moth appears to be totally encrusted in diamonds as it rests on a twig.
dragonflies, flies and beetles also take on an unearthly quality as the water droplets form on them.
these remarkable photographs were taken by physiotherapist miroslaw SWIETEK at around 3am in the forest next to his home.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

lecture by benjamin BALL
ball-nogues studio
woodbury los angeles locals only! lecture series
ahmanson main space- 6:30pm

via bustler.net